Test 4 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence…
Sam: «Alice said she knew loads about the tarts, no cap.» (no cap = honestly) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice, cap · What happens: say, know, put · To what, where: loads, cap · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Sam: «Alice said she knew loads about the tarts, no cap.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 4 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Sam | parataxis |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 knew | nsubj |
| 7 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | ccomp |
| 8 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 knew | obj |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 tarts | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tarts | det |
| 11 | tarts | tart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 loads | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cap | punct |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 cap | det |
| 14 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sam | parataxis |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sam | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sam | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Alice | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | know in a quote | past | Alice | loads | about the tarts | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus |
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: (no cap = honestly) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 cap | punct |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 cap | det |
| 3 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | = | = | SYM | _ | 7 Put | punct |
| 5 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 7 Put | advmod |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 honestly | punct |
| 7 | Put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 cap | acl:relcl |
| 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 | _ | 3 cap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | infinitive | no cap not said here | cap | honestly, right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She said «Something» — «Quite a lot»
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 | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Something | punct |
| 4 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 said | obj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Something | punct |
| 6 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 lot | punct |
| 8 | Quite | quite | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 lot | det:predet |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 lot | det |
| 10 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | obl |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 lot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | She | Something | quite lot obl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She said «Nothing» — «Nothing whatever»
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 | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Nothing | punct |
| 4 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 said | obj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Nothing | punct |
| 6 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Nothing | punct |
| 8 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 said | parataxis |
| 9 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 Nothing | appos |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 Nothing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | She | Nothing | tree rules |
Option 3
She said «Everything» — «Nothing»
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 | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Everything | punct |
| 4 | Everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 said | obj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Everything | punct |
| 6 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 Nothing | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Nothing | punct |
| 8 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 said | ccomp |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 Nothing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | She | Everything | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent everything=Topic |
Option 4
She said «Tarts» — «Lots of tarts»
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 | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Tarts | punct |
| 4 | Tarts | tart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 said | obj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Tarts | punct |
| 6 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Lots | punct |
| 8 | Lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 said | parataxis |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 tarts | case |
| 10 | tarts | tart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Lots | nmod |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 Lots | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | She | Tarts | tree rules |
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