Test 1 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence…

Leo: «the verses were dead clear, proved the Knave did it, no cap.» (no cap = honestly) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: verses, Leo, Knave, cap · What happens: be, prove, do, put · To what, where: cap, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 24 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence (sentence first, a pack of cards, and waking up)» 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: Leo: «the verses were dead clear, proved the Knave did it, no cap.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 proved	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 clear	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 clear	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 verses	det
5	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clear	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 clear	cop
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 clear	amod
8	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leo	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Leo	punct
10	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Knave	det
12	Knave	Knave	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 did	nsubj
13	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 proved	ccomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 did	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cap	punct
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 cap	det
17	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 proved	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 proved	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 proved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the verses		clear property	tree rules
2	prove in a quote	past	Leo	no cap		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	do in a quote	past	the Knave	it		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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

The verses were full of «he», «she» and «they» with no clear meaning, so Alice said there wasn't an atom of sense in them

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 verses	det
2	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 full	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 full	cop
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 he	case
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 he	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 full	obl
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 he	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 she	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 she	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 he	conj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 she	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 they	cc
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 they	punct
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 she	conj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 they	punct
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 meaning	case
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 meaning	det
19	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 meaning	amod
20	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 they	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 said	punct
22	so	so	ADV	_	24 said	advmod
23	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 said	nsubj
24	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 full	conj
25	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	26 was	expl
26	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 said	ccomp
27	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	29 atom	advmod
28	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 atom	det
29	atom	atom	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 said	ccomp
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 sense	case
31	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 atom	nmod
32	in	in	ADP	_	33 them	case
33	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 sense	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the verses		of he; full property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	Alice			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	be	past		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They were full of «he», «she» and «they» with no clear meaning; Alice said there wasn't an atom

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 full	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 full	cop
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 he	case
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 he	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 full	obl
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 he	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 she	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 she	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 he	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 she	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 they	cc
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 they	punct
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 she	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 they	punct
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 meaning	case
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 meaning	det
18	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 meaning	amod
19	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 they	nmod
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct
21	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 said	nsubj
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 full	conj
23	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	24 was	expl
24	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 said	ccomp
25	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 was	advmod
26	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 atom	det
27	atom	atom	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 was	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	They		of he; full property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	Alice			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not be	past	a atom	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They were a clear poem about hearts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 poem	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 poem	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 poem	det
4	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 poem	amod
5	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 hearts	case
7	hearts	heart	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 poem	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	a clear poem				about hearts	tree rules

Option 4

They proved the Knave wrote them all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proved	nsubj
2	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Knave	det
4	Knave	Knave	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wrote	nsubj
5	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 proved	ccomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wrote	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 them	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past	They						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	write	past	the Knave	them = they					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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