Test 18 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

★★★ Careful: how many witnesses are called in this whole chapter, counting the last name read out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: call, count, read out · To what, where: many witnesses, whole chapter, last name · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★★ 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	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Careful	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	4 Careful	case
4	Careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 called	punct
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 many	advmod
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 witnesses	amod
8	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 called	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 called	aux:pass
10	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 Careful	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 chapter	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 chapter	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chapter	amod
14	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 called	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 counting	punct
16	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 Careful	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 name	det
18	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 name	amod
19	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 counting	obj
20	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 counting	obl
21	out	out	ADP	_	20 read	compound:prt
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 Careful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	call	present · passive	many witnesses	this whole chapter	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	count	gerund	the last name		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
3	read out	participle			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

4: the Hatter, the Dormouse, the cook, and Alice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Hatter	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Hatter	det
4	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 4	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Dormouse	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dormouse	det
7	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Hatter	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cook	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cook	det
10	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Dormouse	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Alice	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Alice	cc
13	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Hatter	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

5: the Hatter, the Dormouse, the cook, the guinea-pigs, and Alice

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Hatter	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Hatter	det
4	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 5	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Dormouse	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dormouse	det
7	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Hatter	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cook	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cook	det
10	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Dormouse	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pigs	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pigs	det
13	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pigs	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 guinea	punct
15	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Hatter	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 Alice	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 Alice	cc
18	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Hatter	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

3: the Hatter, the cook, and Alice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Hatter	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Hatter	det
4	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 3	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cook	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cook	det
7	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Hatter	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Alice	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Alice	cc
10	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Hatter	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

3: the Hatter, the March Hare, and Alice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Hatter	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Hatter	det
4	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 3	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Hare	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Hare	det
7	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Hare	compound
8	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Hatter	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Alice	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Alice	cc
11	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Hatter	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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