Test 3 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

Why does the Queen want the list of the singers in the last concert?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: want, list · To what, where: list, singers

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 want	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 want	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Queen	det
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 want	nsubj
5	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 list	det
7	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 want	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 singers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 singers	det
10	singers	singer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 list	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 concert	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 concert	det
13	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 concert	amod
14	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 singers	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present · do-support	the Queen	the list of the singers in the last concert					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot list=Theme
2	list			the singers in the last concert					nom list «communication transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1

She wants to know who sang there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 sang	nsubj
6	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	ccomp
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 sang	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	want	present	She		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	sing speech: express	past		there	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 2

The Hatter sang there and she said he was «murdering the time» by singing so slowly

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hatter	det
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sang	nsubj
3	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 sang	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sang	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 murdering	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 murdering	aux
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 murdering	punct
11	murdering	murder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 said	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 time	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 murdering	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 murdering	punct
15	by	by	SCONJ	_	16 singing	mark
16	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 said	advcl
17	so	so	ADV	_	18 slowly	advmod
18	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	16 singing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the Hatter	there			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	say speech: assert	past	Hatter				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	murder in a quote	past · progressive	he		time		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	sing speech: express	gerund	Hatter not said here			slowly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To check whether the Hatter sang well at the concert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 check	mark
2	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	6 sang	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Hatter	det
5	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sang	nsubj
6	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 check	ccomp
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 sang	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 concert	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 concert	det
10	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	sing speech: express	past	the Hatter			the concert		well property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at concert=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Hatter sang there and she said he was «murdering the time»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hatter	det
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sang	nsubj
3	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 sang	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sang	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 murdering	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 murdering	aux
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 murdering	punct
11	murdering	murder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 said	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 time	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 murdering	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 murdering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the Hatter	there		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	say speech: assert	past	Hatter			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	murder in a quote	past · progressive	he		time	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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