Test 15 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence…

Looking back: when did Alice first stand up to the Queen, and what did she say?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, stand up, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 stand	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stand	aux
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 stand	advmod
8	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 stand	compound:prt
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 Queen	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Queen	det
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stand	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 say	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 say	cc
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 say	obj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 say	aux
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 say	nsubj
18	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 stand	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	stand up	past · do-support		to the Queen; first property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Alice		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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.

The options

Option 1

At the trial, «No!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 trial	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 trial	det
3	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 trial	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 No	punct
6	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 trial	conj
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 No	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 trial	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

At the croquet-ground, she said «Nonsense!» to «Off with her head!»

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	5 ground	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ground	det
3	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ground	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 croquet	punct
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ground	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Nonsense	punct
10	Nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	ccomp
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 Nonsense	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 Nonsense	punct
13	to	to	PART	_	18 head	mark
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 Off	punct
15	Off	off	ADV	_	18 head	advmod
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 head	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 head	nmod:poss
18	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Nonsense	conj
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	18 head	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 Nonsense	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she			the croquet ground			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

At the croquet-ground, she said «Silly!» to «Off with his head!»

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	5 ground	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ground	det
3	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ground	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 croquet	punct
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ground	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Silly	punct
10	Silly	silly	ADV	_	8 said	advmod
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
13	to	to	PART	_	18 head	mark
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 Off	punct
15	Off	off	ADV	_	18 head	advmod
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 head	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 head	nmod:poss
18	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	ccomp
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	18 head	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 head	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she			the croquet ground		silly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

At the palace, she shouted «Nonsense!» in reply

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 palace	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 palace	det
3	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouted	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 palace	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shouted	nsubj
6	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 Nonsense	punct
8	Nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouted	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 Nonsense	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 Nonsense	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 reply	case
12	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	she	Nonsense		the palace		in reply	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nonsense=Topic

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