Test 17 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence…

Looking back: how has Alice changed from the girl who cried a pool of tears in chapter II?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Looking, girl · What happens: look back, change, cry · To what, where: pool

This is test 17 · ★★★ 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	7 changed	csubj:pass
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 has	advmod
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 changed	aux
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
7	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 girl	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changed	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 cried	nsubj
12	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 girl	acl:relcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pool	det
14	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cried	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 tears	case
16	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 pool	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 chapter	case
18	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tears	nmod
19	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	18 chapter	flat
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 changed	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	change	present · perfect	Looking		from the girl	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent from girl=Initial_State
3	cry speech: express	past	the girl	a pool of tears in chapter		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pool=Topic

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

She now cries less than before

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	3 cries	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 cries	advmod
3	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 cries	obj
5	than	than	ADP	_	4 less	fixed
6	before	before	ADV	_	3 cries	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	She	less			now	before property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent less=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She now stands up for herself and says «I won't!» to the Queen, although in chapter II she had wept a pool of tears

The tree, 25 words

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	3 stands	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 stands	advmod
3	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 stands	compound:prt
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 herself	case
6	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 stands	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 says	cc
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stands	conj
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 wo	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 wo	nsubj
11	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 says	ccomp
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 wo	advmod
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 wo	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 wo	punct
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 Queen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Queen	det
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wo	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 wept	punct
19	although	although	SCONJ	_	25 wept	mark
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 chapter	case
21	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wept	obl
22	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	21 chapter	flat
23	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 wept	nsubj
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 wept	aux
25	wept	weep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 says	conj
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 pool	det
27	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wept	obj
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 tears	case
29	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 pool	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	present	She			now	for herself = she	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	She not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	weep	past · perfect	she	a pool of tears	chapter			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pool=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She now stands up for herself and says «I won't!» to the Queen

The tree, 14 words

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	3 stands	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 stands	advmod
3	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 stands	compound:prt
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 herself	case
6	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 stands	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 says	cc
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stands	conj
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 wo	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 wo	nsubj
11	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 says	ccomp
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 wo	advmod
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 wo	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 stands	punct
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 Queen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Queen	det
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stands	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	present	She				now	for herself = she; to the Queen	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	She not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She now stands up for herself and says «I won't!» to the Queen, and in chapter II she had shouted at the Mouse instead

The tree, 25 words

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	3 stands	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 stands	advmod
3	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 stands	compound:prt
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 herself	case
6	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 stands	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 says	cc
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stands	conj
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 wo	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 wo	nsubj
11	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 says	ccomp
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 wo	advmod
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 wo	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 wo	punct
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 Queen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Queen	det
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wo	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 shouted	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 shouted	cc
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 chapter	case
21	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 shouted	obl
22	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	21 chapter	flat
23	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 shouted	nsubj
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 shouted	aux
25	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 stands	advcl
26	at	at	ADP	_	28 Mouse	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Mouse	det
28	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 shouted	obl
29	instead	instead	ADV	_	25 shouted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	present	She		now	for herself = she	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	She not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	shout speech: express	past · perfect	she	chapter		at the Mouse; instead property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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