Test 17 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar… ★★★ Two guinea-pigs cheer and both are suppressed. Then Alice thinks «that finished the guinea-pigs!» What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, Alice, that · What happens: cheer, suppress, think, finish, mean · To what, where: both, guinea pigs · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 17 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Two guinea-pigs cheer and both are suppressed.
nsubj punct list flat compound punct nmod cc nsubj:pass aux:pass conj punct root ★ PROPN ★ PUNCT ★ NOUN Two NUM guinea NOUN - PUNCT pigs NOUN cheer VERB and CCONJ both DET are AUX suppressed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing 8 cheer nsubj 2 ★ ★ PUNCT _ 1 ★ punct 3 ★ ★ NOUN Number=Sing 1 ★ list 4 Two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 ★ flat 5 guinea guinea NOUN Number=Sing 7 pigs compound 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 guinea punct 7 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 1 ★ nmod 8 cheer cheer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 and and CCONJ _ 12 suppressed cc 10 both both DET PronType=Tot 12 suppressed nsubj:pass 11 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 suppressed aux:pass 12 suppressed suppress VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 cheer conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 8 cheer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cheer present ★ guinea pigs vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 suppress present · passive both vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=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: Then Alice thinks «that finished the guinea-pigs!»
advmod nsubj punct nsubj ccomp det compound punct obj punct punct root Then ADV Alice PROPN thinks VERB « PUNCT that PRON finished VERB the DET guinea NOUN - PUNCT pigs NOUN ! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 3 thinks advmod 2 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 3 thinks nsubj 3 thinks think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 « « PUNCT _ 6 finished punct 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 finished nsubj 6 finished finish VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 thinks ccomp 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 pigs det 8 guinea guinea NOUN Number=Sing 10 pigs compound 9 - - PUNCT _ 8 guinea punct 10 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 6 finished obj 11 ! ! PUNCT _ 6 finished punct 12 » » PUNCT _ 6 finished punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present Alice then vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 finish in a quote past that the guinea pigs vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality pig=Eventuality
Sentence 3: What does she mean?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX she PRON mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 mean nsubj 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present · do-support Alice vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 The trial is over for the guinea-pigs, so they can all go home and rest at last in their hutch
The tree, 21 words det nsubj cop case det compound punct obl punct advmod nsubj aux advmod parataxis advmod cc conj case obl case nmod:poss obl root The DET trial NOUN is AUX over ADV for ADP the DET guinea NOUN - PUNCT pigs NOUN , PUNCT so ADV they PRON can AUX all ADV go VERB home ADV and CCONJ rest VERB at ADP last ADJ in ADP their PRON hutch NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 trial det 2 trial trial NOUN Number=Sing 4 over nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 over cop 4 over over ADV _ root root 5 for for ADP _ 9 pigs case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 pigs det 7 guinea guinea NOUN Number=Sing 9 pigs compound 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 guinea punct 9 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 4 over obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 15 go punct 11 so so ADV _ 15 go advmod 12 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 go nsubj 13 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 15 go aux 14 all all ADV _ 15 go advmod 15 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 over parataxis 16 home home ADV _ 15 go advmod 17 and and CCONJ _ 18 rest cc 18 rest rest VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 go conj 19 at at ADP _ 20 last case 20 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 18 rest obl 21 in in ADP _ 23 hutch case 22 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 23 hutch nmod:poss 23 hutch hutch NOUN Number=Sing 18 rest obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the trial for the guinea pigs; over property tree rules 2 go can pigs = pig all, home property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 rest present pigs = pig not said here last in pigs's hutch vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location
Option 2 The guinea-pigs are finished with cheering now
det compound punct nsubj:pass aux:pass mark advcl advmod root The DET guinea NOUN - PUNCT pigs NOUN are AUX finished VERB with SCONJ cheering VERB now ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 pigs det 2 guinea guinea NOUN Number=Sing 4 pigs compound 3 - - PUNCT _ 2 guinea punct 4 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 6 finished nsubj:pass 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 finished aux:pass 6 finished finish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 with with SCONJ _ 8 cheering mark 8 cheering cheer VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 finished advcl 9 now now ADV PronType=Dem 8 cheering advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 finish present · passive the guinea pigs vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality 2 cheer gerund now vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice All the guinea-pigs have left the court
det:predet det compound punct nsubj aux det obj root All DET the DET guinea NOUN - PUNCT pigs NOUN have AUX left VERB the DET court NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 All all DET PronType=Tot 5 pigs det:predet 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 pigs det 3 guinea guinea NOUN Number=Sing 5 pigs compound 4 - - PUNCT _ 3 guinea punct 5 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 7 left nsubj 6 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 left aux 7 left leave VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 court det 9 court court NOUN Number=Sing 7 left obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 leave present · perfect all guinea pigs the court vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer There are no more guinea-pigs free to cheer
expl cop advmod amod compound punct nsubj mark advcl root There PRON are AUX no ADV more ADJ guinea NOUN - PUNCT pigs NOUN free ADJ to PART cheer VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 are expl 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 free cop 3 no no ADV _ 4 more advmod 4 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 pigs amod 5 guinea guinea NOUN Number=Sing 7 pigs compound 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 guinea punct 7 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 2 are nsubj 8 free free ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 to to PART _ 10 cheer mark 10 cheer cheer VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 free advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present free property tree rules 2 cheer to-infinitive vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
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