Test 17 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence…

Looking back: what did the jurors do in the first part of the trial when Alice said «Stupid things!»?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jurors, Alice · What happens: look back, do, say · To what, where: first part, Stupid things · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★★ 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	5 did	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 jurors	det
7	jurors	juror	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	parataxis
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 part	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 part	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 part	amod
12	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 trial	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 trial	det
15	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 part	nmod
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 said	advmod
17	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 said	nsubj
18	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 do	advcl
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	21 things	punct
20	Stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 things	amod
21	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 said	obj
22	!	!	PUNCT	_	21 things	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 things	punct
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	present	the jurors		the first part of the trial	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	past	Alice	Stupid things		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=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 · ✓ the right answer

Wrote «stupid things!» on their slates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
3	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wrote	obj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 slates	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 slates	nmod:poss
9	slates	slate	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wrote	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past		stupid things		things's slates			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme on slate=Destination

Option 2

Wrote «rude things!» on their slates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wrote	obj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 slates	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 slates	nmod:poss
9	slates	slate	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wrote	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past		rude things		things's slates			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme on slate=Destination

Option 3

Wrote «stupid things!» on their slates, very carefully, in their best handwriting for the court

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
3	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wrote	obj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 slates	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 slates	nmod:poss
9	slates	slate	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wrote	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 carefully	punct
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 carefully	advmod
12	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	1 Wrote	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 handwriting	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 handwriting	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 handwriting	nmod:poss
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 handwriting	amod
17	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wrote	obl
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 court	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 court	det
20	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 handwriting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past		stupid things		things's slates		in things's best handwriting for the court; carefully property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme on slate=Destination
2	handwrite		things = thing					for the court	nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Wrote «stupid things!» on their slates, and then the King told them to stop writing at once

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
3	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wrote	obj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 things	punct
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 slates	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 slates	nmod:poss
9	slates	slate	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wrote	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 told	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 told	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 told	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 King	det
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 told	nsubj
15	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wrote	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 told	iobj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 stop	mark
18	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 told	xcomp
19	writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 stop	xcomp
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 once	case
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	19 writing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	write	past		stupid things		things's slates		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme on slate=Destination
2	tell speech: assert	past	the King		things = thing		then	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
3	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	the King not said here					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	write	gerund	the King not said here					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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