Test 20 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence…

★★★ «Nothing» — «Nothing whatever» — «That's very important.» If Alice knows nothing, what is her evidence worth to the trial?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: That, Alice · What happens: be, know · To what, where: nothing, evidence

This is test 20 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «Nothing» — «Nothing whatever» — «That's very important.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	X	_	3 ★	compound
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Nothing	punct
5	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 ★	appos
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Nothing	punct
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 Nothing	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Nothing	punct
9	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 ★	conj
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 Nothing	appos
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 whatever	punct
12	—	-	PUNCT	_	17 important	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 important	punct
14	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 important	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 important	cop
16	very	very	ADV	_	17 important	advmod
17	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ★	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 important	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 important	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	That					important property	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: If Alice knows nothing, what is her evidence worth to the trial?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 knows	mark
2	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 knows	nsubj
3	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 knows	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 evidence	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 evidence	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 evidence	cop
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 evidence	nmod:poss
9	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nothing	conj
10	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 evidence	amod
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 trial	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 trial	det
13	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 worth	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 knows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Alice	nothing					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus
2	is a	present		Alice's evidence					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Great value, as the King says

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 value	amod
2	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 says	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Great value						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nothing: it is very important, says the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 says	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 important	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 important	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 important	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 important	advmod
6	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					important property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	Nothing						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nothing: it is unimportant, as the White Rabbit says, and the jury is rightly ignoring it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 unimportant	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unimportant	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unimportant	cop
5	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 says	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rabbit	det
9	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Rabbit	amod
10	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unimportant	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 ignoring	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 ignoring	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 jury	det
15	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ignoring	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 ignoring	aux
17	rightly	rightly	ADV	_	18 ignoring	advmod
18	ignoring	ignore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Nothing	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 ignoring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		unimportant property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the White Rabbit			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	ignore	present · progressive	the jury	Rabbit	rightly property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nothing: it is unimportant, as the Rabbit says

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 unimportant	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unimportant	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unimportant	cop
5	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 says	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rabbit	det
9	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unimportant	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					unimportant property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the Rabbit						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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