Test 19 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…

★★★ Careful reading: who asks his neighbour how to spell «stupid»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ · What happens: ask, spell · To what, where: neighbour, stupid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 asks	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	5 reading	case
4	Careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reading	amod
5	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ★	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 asks	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 asks	nsubj
8	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 neighbour	nmod:poss
10	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asks	obj
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	13 spell	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 spell	mark
13	spell	spell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 asks	ccomp
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 stupid	punct
15	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 spell	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 stupid	punct
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	★ ★ Careful reading	★'s neighbour					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent neighbour=Recipient clause=Topic
2	spell not said to happen	to-infinitive		stupid					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent stupid=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

One of the jurors (the book doesn't say which)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 jurors	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jurors	det
4	jurors	juror	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 book	det
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 say	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 say	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 say	advmod
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 jurors	parataxis
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 say	obj
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	present · do-support	the book	the jurors					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic

Option 2

Alice, who asks the Dormouse next to her how to spell it, but the book does not say so

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 asks	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 asks	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 asks	nsubj
4	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Dormouse	det
6	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 asks	obj
7	next	next	ADV	_	4 asks	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asks	obl
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 spell	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 spell	mark
12	spell	spell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asks	ccomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 spell	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 say	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 say	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 book	det
17	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 say	nsubj
18	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 say	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 say	advmod
20	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asks	conj
21	so	so	ADV	_	20 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Alice		the Dormouse	to her = she; next property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent dormouse=Recipient clause=Topic
2	spell not said to happen	to-infinitive		Dormouse			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	not say speech: assert	present · do-support	the book				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The Dormouse, who is seated at the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dormouse	det
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 seated	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 seated	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 seated	aux:pass
6	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Dormouse	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seat	present · passive		the Dormouse			at the end		vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value

Option 4

The Hatter, who sits in the box for witnesses and asks the Dormouse next to him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hatter	det
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 asks	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sits	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sits	nsubj
5	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Hatter	acl:relcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 box	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 box	det
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sits	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 witnesses	case
10	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 box	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sits	cc
12	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Dormouse	det
14	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 asks	obj
15	next	next	ADV	_	12 asks	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 next	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	the Hatter			the box for witnesses			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in box=Location
2	ask speech: ask	present	the Hatter		the Dormouse			next property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dormouse=Recipient

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