Test 1 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence…

Grace from Newcastle: «howay, Alice was tiny when she jumped up.» (howay = come on) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice, howay · What happens: be, jump up, come on, put · To what, where: howay

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 23 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence (Rule Forty-two and the unsigned letter)» 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: Grace from Newcastle: «howay, Alice was tiny when she jumped up.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Newcastle	case
3	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Grace	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 howay	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 howay	punct
6	howay	howay	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grace	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tiny	punct
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 tiny	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tiny	cop
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 howay	appos
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 jumped	advmod
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 jumped	nsubj
13	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tiny	advcl
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 jumped	compound:prt
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 howay	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 howay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Alice					tiny property	tree rules
2	jump up in a quote	past	Alice						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: (howay = come on) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
2	howay	howay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 come	punct
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
7	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 come	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Put	obj
9	right	right	ADV	_	7 Put	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come on	infinitive	howay						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	put	infinitive	howay not said here	howay				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

She had grown very large, so her skirt knocked over the jury-box and spilled every juror out at once

The tree, 20 words

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	3 grown	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 large	advmod
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grown	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 knocked	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 knocked	advmod
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 skirt	nmod:poss
9	skirt	skirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knocked	nsubj
10	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	parataxis
11	over	over	ADP	_	15 box	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 box	det
13	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 box	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 jury	punct
15	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knocked	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 spilled	cc
17	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 knocked	conj
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 juror	det
19	juror	juror	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spilled	obj
20	out	out	ADV	_	17 spilled	advmod
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 once	case
22	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	17 spilled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grow	past · perfect	She			large property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	knock	past	her skirt		the jury box		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over box=Location
3	spill out	past	her skirt not said here	every juror		out property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location juror=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She had grown very large, so her skirt knocked over the jury-box

The tree, 13 words

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	3 grown	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 large	advmod
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grown	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 knocked	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 knocked	advmod
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 skirt	nmod:poss
9	skirt	skirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knocked	nsubj
10	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	conj
11	over	over	ADP	_	15 box	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 box	det
13	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 box	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 jury	punct
15	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past · perfect	She					large property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	knock	past	her skirt			the jury box			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over box=Location

Option 3

She had grown very large indeed, so her big skirt knocked over the jury-box while she was standing up

The tree, 20 words

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	3 grown	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 large	advmod
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grown	xcomp
6	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	3 grown	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 knocked	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 knocked	advmod
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 skirt	nmod:poss
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 skirt	amod
11	skirt	skirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knocked	nsubj:pass
12	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 grown	conj
13	over	over	ADP	_	17 box	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 box	det
15	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 box	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 jury	punct
17	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knocked	obl
18	while	while	SCONJ	_	21 standing	mark
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 standing	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 standing	aux
21	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 knocked	advcl
22	up	up	ADP	_	21 standing	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grow	past · perfect	She			indeed, large property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	knock	participle · passive		her big skirt	the jury box		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme over box=Destination
3	stand up	past · progressive	she				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She had shrunk small, so her skirt knocked over the jury-box

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	3 shrunk	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shrunk	aux
3	shrunk	shrink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shrunk	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knocked	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 knocked	advmod
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 skirt	nmod:poss
8	skirt	skirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knocked	nsubj
9	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shrunk	conj
10	over	over	ADP	_	14 box	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 box	det
12	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 box	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 jury	punct
14	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past · perfect	She					small property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	knock	past	her skirt			the jury box			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over box=Location

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