Test 4 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…
Lucy: «the King was dead gentle with the Hatter, hun.» (hun = love, dear) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lucy, hun · What happens: be, put · To what, where: love
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Lucy: «the King was dead gentle with the Hatter, hun.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy | Lucy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 gentle | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 gentle | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 gentle | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 gentle | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 gentle | cop |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 gentle | amod |
| 8 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 Hatter | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Hatter | det |
| 11 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 gentle | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 hun | punct |
| 13 | hun | hun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Hatter | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 gentle | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 gentle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | Lucy | with the Hatter and hun; gentle property | tree rules |
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: (hun = love, dear) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 hun | punct |
| 2 | hun | hun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Put | nsubj |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 love | punct |
| 4 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hun | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 dear | punct |
| 6 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 love | amod |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 love | punct |
| 8 | Put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 Put | obj |
| 10 | right | right | ADV | _ | 8 Put | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | infinitive | hun | love | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He threatened again and again to have him executed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 threatened | nsubj |
| 2 | threatened | threaten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 threatened | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 again | cc |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 again | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 have | mark |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 threatened | advcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 have | obj |
| 9 | executed | execute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 have | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | threaten | past | He | again | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | have | to-infinitive | He not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | execute | participle | him = he not said here | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
He was kind to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 kind | cop |
| 3 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 kind | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | him = he | kind property | tree rules |
Option 3
He pardoned the Hatter at last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pardoned | nsubj |
| 2 | pardoned | pardon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Hatter | det |
| 4 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 pardoned | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 last | case |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pardoned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pardon | past | He | the Hatter | last | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hatter=Theme |
Option 4
He promised to have him freed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 promised | nsubj |
| 2 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 have | mark |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 promised | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 have | obj |
| 6 | freed | free | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 have | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | past | He | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | free | participle | him = he not said here | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer |
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