Test 16 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence…

Looking back: in chapter I, Alice remembered «simple rules» before drinking. What was one?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, remember, drink, be · To what, where: simple rules, one

This is test 16 · ★★★ 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: Looking back: in chapter I, Alice remembered «simple rules» before drinking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 remembered	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 chapter	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 remembered	nsubj
9	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 rules	punct
11	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rules	amod
12	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 remembered	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 rules	punct
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 drinking	mark
15	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 remembered	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 remembered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here		in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	remember	past	Alice	simple rules		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
3	drink	gerund	Alice not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: What was one?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 one	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		one					tree rules

The options

Option 1

If you drink much from a bottle marked «poison», it will certainly disagree with you sooner or later

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 drink	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 drink	nsubj
3	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 disagree	advcl
4	much	much	ADV	_	3 drink	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 bottle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bottle	det
7	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drink	obl
8	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bottle	acl
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 poison	punct
10	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marked	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 poison	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 drink	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 disagree	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 disagree	aux
15	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	16 disagree	advmod
16	disagree	disagree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 you	case
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 disagree	obl
19	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 disagree	advmod
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 later	cc
21	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	19 sooner	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drink a condition, not said to happen	present	you		a bottle		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from bottle=Source
2	mark	participle	a bottle not said here	poison			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent poison=Destination
3	disagree	future	poison			with you; certainly, soon property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent

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

If you drink much from a bottle marked «poison», it will disagree with you

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 drink	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 drink	nsubj
3	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 disagree	advcl
4	much	much	ADV	_	3 drink	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 bottle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bottle	det
7	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drink	obl
8	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bottle	acl
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 poison	punct
10	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marked	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 poison	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 drink	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 disagree	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 disagree	aux
15	disagree	disagree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 you	case
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 disagree	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drink a condition, not said to happen	present	you		a bottle		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from bottle=Source
2	mark	participle	a bottle not said here	poison			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent poison=Destination
3	disagree	future	poison			with you	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent

Option 3

If you drink much from a bottle marked «poison», it will disagree with you, and then you will be sick

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 drink	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 drink	nsubj
3	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 disagree	advcl
4	much	much	ADV	_	3 drink	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 bottle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bottle	det
7	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drink	obl
8	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bottle	acl
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 poison	punct
10	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marked	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 poison	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 drink	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 disagree	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 disagree	aux
15	disagree	disagree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 you	case
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 disagree	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 sick	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 sick	cc
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	24 sick	advmod
21	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	24 sick	nsubj
22	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 sick	aux
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 sick	cop
24	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 disagree	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink a condition, not said to happen	present	you		a bottle			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from bottle=Source
2	mark	participle	a bottle not said here	poison				vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent poison=Destination
3	disagree	future	poison				with you	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent
4	is	future	you			then	sick property	tree rules

Option 4

Always look for a bottle marked «drink me»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 look	advmod
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 bottle	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bottle	det
5	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 look	obl
6	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 bottle	acl
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 drink	punct
8	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 marked	xcomp
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 drink	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here		for a bottle; always property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for bottle=Theme
2	mark	participle		a bottle not said here		tree rules
3	drink in a quote	infinitive		me		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient

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