Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…

What would happen to Bill's evidence notes now that he writes with his finger?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: evidence, Bill · What happens: happen, note, write, evidence

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 evidence	case
5	Bill	Bill	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 evidence	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Bill	case
7	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 notes	nsubj
8	notes	note	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 notes	advmod
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 writes	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 writes	nsubj
12	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 notes	advcl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 finger	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 finger	nmod:poss
15	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 writes	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	note	present	Bill's evidence	now		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	write	present	evidence		with evidence's finger	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	evidence		Bill			nom evidence «cognition 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He would write them on his hand instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 write	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 write	aux
3	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 write	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 hand	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hand	nmod:poss
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 write	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 write	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	would	He	them = they		his hand		instead property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on hand=Destination

Option 2

Nothing would be on his slate at all, though he could still write notes on his finger

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 slate	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 slate	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 slate	cop
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 slate	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 slate	nmod:poss
6	slate	slate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 slate	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 write	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 write	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 write	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 write	aux
13	still	still	ADV	_	14 write	advmod
14	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 slate	conj
15	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 write	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 finger	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 finger	nmod:poss
18	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	Nothing			his slate		at all	tree rules
2	write	could	he	notes		his finger	still		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent note=Theme on finger=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nothing would be on his slate at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 slate	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 slate	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 slate	cop
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 slate	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 slate	nmod:poss
6	slate	slate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 slate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	Nothing			his slate		at all	tree rules

Option 4

Nothing would be on his slate at all, and the King would scold him for losing his pencil

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 slate	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 slate	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 slate	cop
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 slate	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 slate	nmod:poss
6	slate	slate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 slate	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 scold	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 scold	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 scold	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 scold	aux
14	scold	scold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 slate	parataxis
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 scold	obj
16	for	for	SCONJ	_	17 losing	mark
17	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 scold	advcl
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 pencil	nmod:poss
19	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 losing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	would	Nothing		his slate	at all	tree rules
2	scold	would	the King	him = he			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	lose	gerund	the King not said here	King's pencil			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Eventuality

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