Test 1 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…
Ollie: «Alice shrank in court, tiny as a mouse.» Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ollie, you · What happens: shrink, put · To what, where: court
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise 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: Ollie: «Alice shrank in court, tiny as a mouse.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 shrank | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ollie | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 shrank | punct |
| 4 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 shrank | nsubj |
| 5 | shrank | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 court | case |
| 7 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shrank | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 tiny | punct |
| 9 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 court | amod |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 mouse | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 mouse | det |
| 12 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tiny | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 shrank | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 shrank | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink in a quote | past | Ollie | court | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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: Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | court | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She began to grow larger again, squashing the Dormouse
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 began | nsubj |
| 2 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 grow | mark |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 began | xcomp |
| 5 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 grow | xcomp |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 grow | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 squashing | punct |
| 8 | squashing | squash | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 began | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Dormouse | det |
| 10 | Dormouse | Dormouse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 squashing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past | She | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | grow | to-infinitive | She not said here | again | large property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | squash | gerund | She not said here | the Dormouse | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dormouse=Patient |
Option 2
She began to grow larger again, pushing the jury out of the box and into the garden
The tree, 17 words
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 began | nsubj |
| 2 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 grow | mark |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 began | xcomp |
| 5 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 grow | xcomp |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 grow | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pushing | punct |
| 8 | pushing | push | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 began | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 jury | det |
| 10 | jury | jury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pushing | obj |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 box | case |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 box | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 box | det |
| 14 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pushing | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 garden | cc |
| 16 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 garden | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 garden | det |
| 18 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 box | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past | She | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | grow | to-infinitive | She not said here | again | large property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | push | gerund | She not said here | the jury | the box and the garden | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent jury=Theme out box=Trajectory |
Option 3
She started to grow bigger, squashing the Hatter
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 started | nsubj |
| 2 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 grow | mark |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 started | xcomp |
| 5 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 grow | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 squashing | punct |
| 7 | squashing | squash | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 started | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Hatter | det |
| 9 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 squashing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | She | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | grow | to-infinitive | She not said here | big property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | squash | gerund | She not said here | the Hatter | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hatter=Patient |
Option 4
She began to grow larger again, squashing the Dormouse flat against the bench
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 began | nsubj |
| 2 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 grow | mark |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 began | xcomp |
| 5 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 grow | xcomp |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 grow | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 squashing | punct |
| 8 | squashing | squash | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 began | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 flat | det |
| 10 | Dormouse | Dormouse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 flat | compound |
| 11 | flat | flat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 squashing | obj |
| 12 | against | against | ADP | _ | 14 bench | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bench | det |
| 14 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 squashing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past | She | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | grow | to-infinitive | She not said here | again | large property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | squash | gerund | She not said here | the Dormouse flat | the bench | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent flat=Theme against bench=Trajectory |
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