Test 6 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…
«I'm a poor man» — «You're a very poor speaker.» Which two meanings of «poor» does the King use?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, You, poor · What happens: be, do · To what, where: poor man, poor speaker, King use
This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: «I'm a poor man» — «You're a very poor speaker.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 man | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 man | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 man | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 man | punct |
| 8 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 speaker | punct |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 speaker | punct |
| 10 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 speaker | nsubj |
| 11 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 speaker | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 speaker | det |
| 13 | very | very | ADV | _ | 14 poor | advmod |
| 14 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 speaker | amod |
| 15 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 man | parataxis |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 speaker | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 man | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | I | a poor man | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | You | a poor speaker | 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: Which two meanings of «poor» does the King use?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 meanings | nsubj |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 meanings | nummod |
| 3 | meanings | meaning | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 8 does | mark |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 poor | punct |
| 6 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 does | nsubj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 poor | punct |
| 8 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 meanings | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 use | det |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 use | compound |
| 11 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 does | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 meanings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | poor | the King use | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Having no money, and bad at talking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 bad | csubj |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 money | det |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Having | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bad | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 bad | cc |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 talking | case |
| 8 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 bad | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | no money | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | |||||
| 2 | talk | gerund | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Having little money, and bad at something
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 money | amod |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Having | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bad | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 bad | cc |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Having | advcl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 something | case |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 bad | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | little money | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |
Option 3
Having little money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 money | amod |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Having | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | little money | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |
Option 4
Sad, and bad at speaking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bad | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 bad | cc |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Sad | conj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 speaking | case |
| 6 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 bad | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | gerund | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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