Test 8 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…
Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Hatter is beheaded outside the court.»
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: this · What happens: be, behead · To what, where: Hatter
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Is this TRUE or FALSE?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 TRUE | cop |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 TRUE | nsubj |
| 3 | TRUE | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 FALSE | cc |
| 5 | FALSE | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 TRUE | conj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 TRUE | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | this not said here | 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: «The Hatter is beheaded outside the court.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 beheaded | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Hatter | det |
| 3 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 beheaded | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 beheaded | aux:pass |
| 5 | beheaded | behead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 8 court | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 court | det |
| 8 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 beheaded | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 beheaded | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 beheaded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behead in a quote | present · passive | the Hatter | outside the court | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
False: he's out of sight before the officer gets to the door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sight | amod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 sight | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sight | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sight | cop |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 sight | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sight | case |
| 7 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | nsubj |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 officer | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 officer | det |
| 10 | officer | officer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sight | nmod |
| 11 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 door | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 door | det |
| 14 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | False sight | before the officer | tree rules | |||
| 2 | get | present | False sight | to the door result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to door=Result |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
True: he is beheaded before he leaves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 beheaded | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 beheaded | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 beheaded | aux:pass |
| 5 | beheaded | behead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 True | parataxis |
| 6 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 8 leaves | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 leaves | nsubj |
| 8 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 beheaded | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behead | present · passive | he | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | leave | present | he | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
True: he is beheaded just outside the court before he can get far away
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 beheaded | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 beheaded | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 beheaded | aux:pass |
| 5 | beheaded | behead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 True | parataxis |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 court | advmod |
| 7 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 9 court | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 court | det |
| 9 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 beheaded | obl |
| 10 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 get | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 get | nsubj |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 get | aux |
| 13 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 beheaded | advcl |
| 14 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 away | advmod |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 13 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behead | present · passive | he | outside the court | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get | can | he | away property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
False: he is still inside the court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 court | amod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 court | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 court | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 court | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 court | advmod |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 8 court | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 court | det |
| 8 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | the False court | still | tree rules |
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