Test 15 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence…

Looking back: when did Alice first think «they're only a pack of cards, after all»?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: look back, think, be · To what, where: all, pack · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 think	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 think	aux
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 think	advmod
8	think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 pack	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pack	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 pack	cop
12	only	only	ADV	_	14 pack	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pack	det
14	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 think	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 cards	case
16	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 pack	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 all	punct
18	after	after	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 think	obj
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 all	punct
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	think speech: other	past · do-support		all	first property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot all=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	they	a pack	of cards	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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

When the procession reached her in the Queen's garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 reached	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 procession	det
3	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reached	nsubj
4	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reached	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 garden	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 garden	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Queen	case
10	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	the procession	her = she		the Queen's garden			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2

At the tea party with the Hatter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 party	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 party	det
3	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 party	compound
4	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 Hatter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Hatter	det
7	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 party	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

When the Knave was tried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 tried	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Knave	det
3	Knave	Knave	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 tried	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tried	aux:pass
5	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · passive		the Knave					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

When the procession of cards reached her in the Queen's garden, bowing and marching in its neat rows

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	6 reached	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 procession	det
3	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reached	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 cards	case
5	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 procession	nmod
6	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 reached	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 garden	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Queen	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 garden	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Queen	case
12	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reached	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bowing	punct
14	bowing	bow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 reached	advcl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 marching	cc
16	marching	march	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 bowing	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 rows	case
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 rows	nmod:poss
19	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 rows	amod
20	rows	row	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 marching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	reach	past	the procession of cards	her = she	the Queen's garden	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	bow	gerund	the procession of cards not said here			vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	march	gerund	the procession of cards not said here		procession's neat rows	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in row=Trajectory
4	proceed		cards			nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent

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