Test 16 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence…
Looking back: in chapter III, Fury the dog said «I'll be judge, I'll be jury... and condemn you to death». How is the Queen like Fury?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fury · What happens: look back, say, be, condemn · To what, where: judge, jury, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 16 · ★★★ 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: Looking back: in chapter III, Fury the dog said «I'll be judge, I'll be jury... and condemn you to death».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 said | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | III | III | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 8 | Fury | Fury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dog | det |
| 10 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Fury | appos |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 judge | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 judge | nsubj |
| 14 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 judge | aux |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 judge | cop |
| 16 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | ccomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 jury | punct |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 jury | nsubj |
| 19 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 jury | aux |
| 20 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 21 jury | cop |
| 21 | jury | jury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 judge | parataxis |
| 22 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 24 condemn | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 condemn | cc |
| 24 | condemn | condemn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 condemn | obj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 death | case |
| 27 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 condemn | obl |
| 28 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 24 condemn | punct |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | Fury not said here | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Fury | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | future | Fury | judge | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | future | Fury | jury | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | condemn in a quote | infinitive | you | to death | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
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: How is the Queen like Fury?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 How | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 How | appos |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 Fury | case |
| 6 | Fury | Fury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Queen | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 How | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | how property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Both are cruel to the animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 cruel | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cruel | cop |
| 3 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 animals | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 animals | det |
| 6 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cruel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Both | to the animals; cruel property | tree rules |
Option 2
Both are very loud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 loud | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 loud | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 loud | advmod |
| 4 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Both | loud property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Both wear rather odd crowns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 wear | nsubj |
| 2 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 4 odd | advmod |
| 4 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 crowns | amod |
| 5 | crowns | crown | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | Both | odd crowns | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Both want the punishment decided before any fair trial
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 want | nsubj |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 punishment | det |
| 4 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 decided | nsubj |
| 5 | decided | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 want | ccomp |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 trial | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 trial | det |
| 8 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 trial | amod |
| 9 | trial | trial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 decided | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Both | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | decide | past | the punishment | before any fair trial | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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