Test 9 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…
Ryan from Bristol: «the cook gave gurt long evidence about tarts.» (gurt = great, big) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ryan, gurt · What happens: give, gurt, put · To what, where: gurt long evidence, evidence
This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: Ryan from Bristol: «the cook gave gurt long evidence about tarts.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan | Ryan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Bristol | case |
| 3 | Bristol | Bristol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ryan | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 gave | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 gave | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cook | det |
| 7 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gave | nsubj |
| 8 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | gurt | gurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 evidence | amod |
| 10 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 evidence | amod |
| 11 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gave | obj |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 tarts | case |
| 13 | tarts | tart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 evidence | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 gave | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | past | Ryan from Bristol | gurt long evidence | about tarts | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme | |||
| 2 | gurt in a quote | participle | 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: (gurt = great, big) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 gurt | punct |
| 2 | gurt | gurt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Put | nsubj |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 great | punct |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 gurt | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 big | punct |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 great | conj |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 gurt | 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 | gurt | evidence | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She said «Pepper», then «Shan't»
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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Pepper | punct |
| 4 | Pepper | pepper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | obj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Pepper | punct |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Sha | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 Sha | advmod |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 Sha | punct |
| 9 | Sha | Sha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | parataxis |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 Sha | advmod |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | She | Pepper | tree rules |
Option 2
She said «Shan't»
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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sha | punct |
| 4 | Sha | Sha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 said | advmod |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not say speech: assert | past | She | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
She said «Shan't», then only «Pepper, mostly»
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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sha | punct |
| 4 | Sha | Sha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | parataxis |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 Sha | advmod |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sha | punct |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Pepper | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 Pepper | advmod |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 Pepper | advmod |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 Pepper | punct |
| 11 | Pepper | pepper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mostly | punct |
| 13 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 11 Pepper | advmod |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 Pepper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | She | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
Option 4
She said «Treacle», then «Pepper»
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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Treacle | punct |
| 4 | Treacle | treacle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | obj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Treacle | punct |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Pepper | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 Pepper | advmod |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 Pepper | punct |
| 9 | Pepper | pepper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | ccomp |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 Pepper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | She | Treacle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent treacle=Topic |
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