Test 12 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

Looking back: where did Alice meet the cook before, and what was she doing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, meet, do · To what, where: cook

This is test 12 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 doing	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 meet	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 meet	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 meet	aux
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 meet	nsubj
7	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Looking	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cook	det
9	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meet	obj
10	before	before	ADV	_	7 meet	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 doing	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 doing	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 doing	obj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 doing	aux
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 doing	nsubj
16	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	meet	past · do-support	Alice	the cook	before property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Co-Agent
3	do	past · progressive	Alice			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

In the Queen's garden, sneezing at the roses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	5 garden	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 garden	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Queen	case
5	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sneezing	punct
7	sneezing	sneeze	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 garden	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 roses	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 roses	det
10	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sneezing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneeze	gerund	the Queen's garden not said here			the roses			vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

In the Duchess's kitchen, throwing pans and plates and peppering the soup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	5 kitchen	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Duchess	det
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 kitchen	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Duchess	case
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 throwing	punct
7	throwing	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 kitchen	acl
8	pans	pan	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 throwing	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 plates	cc
10	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pans	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 peppering	cc
12	peppering	pepper	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 throwing	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 soup	det
14	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 peppering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	gerund	the Duchess's kitchen not said here	pans and plates					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Theme
2	pepper	gerund	the Duchess's kitchen not said here	the soup					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent soup=Destination

Option 3

In the Duchess's kitchen, throwing pans and plates about and peppering the soup until everyone sneezed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	5 kitchen	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Duchess	det
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 kitchen	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Duchess	case
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 throwing	punct
7	throwing	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 kitchen	acl
8	pans	pan	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 throwing	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 plates	cc
10	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pans	conj
11	about	about	ADV	_	7 throwing	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 peppering	cc
13	peppering	pepper	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 throwing	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 soup	det
15	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 peppering	obj
16	until	until	ADP	_	17 everyone	case
17	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 peppering	obl
18	sneezed	sneeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 everyone	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	throw	gerund	the Duchess's kitchen not said here	pans and plates		about property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Theme
2	pepper	gerund	the Duchess's kitchen not said here	the soup	until everyone		vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent soup=Destination
3	sneeze	participle					vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

In the Duchess's house, where she was boiling eggs and cutting bread for the cat in the window

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	5 house	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Duchess	det
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 house	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Duchess	case
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 boiling	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 house	punct
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 boiling	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 boiling	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 boiling	aux
10	boiling	boil	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 boiling	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cutting	cc
13	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 boiling	conj
14	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cutting	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 cat	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cat	det
17	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cutting	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 window	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 window	det
20	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cutting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	past · progressive	she	eggs				in the Duchess's house	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent egg=Patient in house=Instrument
2	cut	gerund	she not said here	bread		the window		for the cat	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bread=Material for cat=Beneficiary

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