Test 19 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

★★★ The cook says tarts are made of «Pepper, mostly» and the Dormouse says «Treacle». Who is closer to the truth about real tarts, and why?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, Dormouse · What happens: say, make, be · To what, where: tarts · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ The cook says tarts are made of «Pepper, mostly» and the Dormouse says «Treacle».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	5 cook	case
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cook	det
5	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ★	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	tarts	tart	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 made	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 made	aux:pass
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 says	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Pepper	case
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Pepper	punct
12	Pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mostly	punct
14	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	9 made	advmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 mostly	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 says	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Dormouse	det
18	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 says	nsubj
19	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 made	conj
20	«	«	PUNCT	_	21 Treacle	punct
21	Treacle	treacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 says	parataxis
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 Treacle	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	★ ★ the cook			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	present · passive		tarts	of Pepper; mostly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	say speech: assert	present	the Dormouse			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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: Who is closer to the truth about real tarts, and why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 closer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 closer	cop
3	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 truth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 truth	det
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 closer	obl
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 tarts	case
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tarts	amod
9	tarts	tart	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 truth	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 why	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 why	cc
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 closer	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 closer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						to the truth about real tarts; close property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

The cook: tarts are peppery, like soup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 peppery	punct
4	tarts	tart	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 peppery	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 peppery	cop
6	peppery	peppery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cook	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 soup	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 soup	case
9	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 peppery	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	tarts					peppery property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Dormouse: tarts have treacle in them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dormouse	det
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
4	tarts	tart	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	treacle	treacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the Dormouse	treacle				in tarts = tart	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treacle=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Dormouse: a tart is sweet, like treacle, not peppery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dormouse	det
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sweet	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 sweet	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tart	det
5	tart	tart	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sweet	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sweet	cop
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 treacle	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 treacle	case
10	treacle	treacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sweet	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 peppery	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 peppery	advmod
13	peppery	peppery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sweet	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Dormouse					sweet property	tree rules
2	not be		the Dormouse not said here						tree rules

Option 4

Neither, it is a myth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	6 myth	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 myth	expl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 myth	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 myth	det
6	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a myth				neither property	tree rules

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