Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…
Looking back: in chapter I, Alice used the words «Latitude» and «Longitude» without knowing them. How is «jurors» different?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice, jurors · What happens: look back, use, know, be · To what, where: words
This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 21 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tarts? (the court and the first witness)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Looking back: in chapter I, Alice used the words «Latitude» and «Longitude» without knowing them.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 used | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 chapter | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 8 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 used | nsubj |
| 9 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 words | det |
| 11 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 used | obj |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 Latitude | punct |
| 13 | Latitude | latitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 words | appos |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 Latitude | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 Longitude | cc |
| 16 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 Longitude | punct |
| 17 | Longitude | longitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Latitude | conj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 Latitude | punct |
| 19 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 20 knowing | mark |
| 20 | knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 used | advcl |
| 21 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 knowing | obj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | Alice not said here | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | past | Alice | the words | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | ||||
| 3 | know | gerund | Alice not said here | words = word | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: How is «jurors» different?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 different | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 different | cop |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 jurors | punct |
| 4 | jurors | juror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 different | nsubj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 jurors | punct |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 different | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | jurors | different property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is a word she knows well now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 word | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 word | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 word | det |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 knows | nsubj |
| 6 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 word | acl:relcl |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 knows | advmod |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 word | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a word | now | tree rules | |||
| 2 | know | present | she | a word not said here | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
Option 2
She knows, unlike the Latitude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Latitude | punct |
| 4 | unlike | unlike | ADP | _ | 6 Latitude | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Latitude | det |
| 6 | Latitude | latitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | She | the Latitude | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer latitude=Stimulus |
Option 3
She does not know it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 know | advmod |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 know | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | She | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She does know what «jurors» means
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 know | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 know | aux |
| 3 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 means | obj |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 jurors | punct |
| 6 | jurors | juror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 means | nsubj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 jurors | punct |
| 8 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present · do-support | She | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | jurors | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
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