Test 2 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…

The jurors write their names «for fear they should forget them». What does this show?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jurors, this · What happens: write, forget, name, show · To what, where: names

This is test 2 · ★★ 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 jurors write their names «for fear they should forget them».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jurors	det
2	jurors	juror	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 write	nsubj
3	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 names	nmod:poss
5	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 write	obj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 forget	punct
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 fear	case
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forget	obl
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 forget	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 forget	aux
11	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 write	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 forget	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 forget	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	write	present	the jurors	jurors's names		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
2	forget in a quote	should	jurors = juror	names = name	for fear	tree rules
3	name		jurors = juror			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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: What does this show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They are silly jurors who cannot remember their own names at all in court

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 jurors	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 jurors	cop
3	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 jurors	amod
4	jurors	juror	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 remember	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 remember	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 remember	advmod
8	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 jurors	acl:relcl
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 names	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 names	amod
11	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 remember	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 remember	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 court	case
15	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 remember	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	silly jurors			tree rules
2	not remember	can	silly jurors	jurors's own names	all	in court	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent name=Theme
3	name		jurors = juror				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They are quite honest jurors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 jurors	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 jurors	cop
3	quite	quite	ADV	_	4 honest	advmod
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 jurors	amod
5	jurors	juror	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	honest jurors					tree rules

Option 3

They have very good memories

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 good	advmod
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 memories	amod
5	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	good memories					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They are very silly jurors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 jurors	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 jurors	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 silly	advmod
4	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 jurors	amod
5	jurors	juror	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	silly jurors					tree rules

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