Test 13 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

Looking back: in chapter IX, Alice invented a rule about pepper. Does the cook fit it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice, cook · What happens: look back, invent, fit · To what, where: rule

This is test 13 · ★★★ 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: Looking back: in chapter IX, Alice invented a rule about pepper.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 invented	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	IX	ix	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 invented	nsubj
9	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rule	det
11	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 invented	obj
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 pepper	case
13	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rule	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 invented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	invent	past	Alice	a rule				about pepper	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Result

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: Does the cook fit it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fit	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cook	det
3	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fit	nsubj
4	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fit	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present · do-support	the cook	rule					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No: pepper makes people hot-tempered, but the cook is calm and polite to everyone

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 pepper	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tempered	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 hot	punct
8	tempered	temper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 makes	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 calm	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 calm	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cook	det
12	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 calm	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 calm	cop
14	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 polite	cc
16	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 calm	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 everyone	case
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 polite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	no pepper	people		tree rules
2	temper	participle	people not said here			tree rules
3	is	present	the cook		calm property	tree rules
4	be		the cook not said here		to everyone	tree rules

Option 2

No: pepper makes people sleepy, and she is not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 pepper	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj
6	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 is	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 is	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 is	nsubj
10	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 makes	advcl
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 is	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	no pepper	people				sleepy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product
2	not be	present	pepper						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes: pepper makes people sleepy and quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 makes	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj
6	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 quiet	cc
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sleepy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	pepper	people				sleepy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yes: pepper makes people hot-tempered, and the cook is rude and cross

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 pepper	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tempered	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 hot	punct
8	tempered	temper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 makes	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rude	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rude	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cook	det
12	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rude	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 rude	cop
14	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 cross	cc
16	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 rude	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	pepper	people		tree rules
2	temper	participle	people not said here			tree rules
3	is	present	the cook		rude property	tree rules
4	be		the cook not said here			tree rules

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