Test 18 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…
★★★ The White Rabbit blows three blasts before the accusation and three before calling the first witness. How many blasts in all so far?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ · What happens: blow, call · To what, where: three blasts, first witness · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★★ 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: ★★★ The White Rabbit blows three blasts before the accusation and three before calling the first witness.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 blows | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 Rabbit | case |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Rabbit | det |
| 5 | White | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Rabbit | amod |
| 6 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | blows | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 blasts | nummod |
| 9 | blasts | blast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 blows | obj |
| 10 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 accusation | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 accusation | det |
| 12 | accusation | accusation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blows | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 three | cc |
| 14 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 accusation | conj |
| 15 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 16 calling | mark |
| 16 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 blows | advcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 witness | det |
| 18 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 19 witness | amod |
| 19 | witness | witness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 calling | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 blows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | present | ★ ★ the White Rabbit | three blasts | before the accusation | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent blast=Patient | |||
| 2 | call | gerund | ★ ★ the White Rabbit not said here | the first witness | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent witness=Recipient |
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 many blasts in all so far?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 blasts | amod |
| 3 | blasts | blast | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 all | case |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 blasts | conj |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 far | advmod |
| 7 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 all | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 blasts | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
6
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Twelve, one for each juror
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 one | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Twelve | conj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 juror | case |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 juror | det |
| 6 | juror | juror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 one | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
3
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Nine, counting the one at the start
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 counting | punct |
| 3 | counting | count | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Nine | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 one | det |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counting | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 start | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 start | det |
| 8 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | gerund | the one | the start | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
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