Test 18 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence…

★★★ The book begins and ends in the same place. Where, and doing what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: book · What happens: begin, end, do · To what, where: same place

This is test 18 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ The book begins and ends in the same place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	SCONJ	_	6 begins	mark
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 book	det
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 begins	nsubj
6	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 ★	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ends	cc
8	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 begins	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 place	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 place	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 place	amod
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ends	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	present	the book						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	end	present	the book not said here			the same place			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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: Where, and doing what?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 doing	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 doing	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 doing	cc
4	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 doing	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	gerund							vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

On the bank beside her sister, bored at the start with no conversations, then running home to the Queen's court in her dream

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 bank	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bank	det
3	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bored	obl
4	beside	beside	ADP	_	6 sister	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sister	nmod:poss
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bank	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bank	punct
8	bored	bore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 start	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 start	det
11	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bored	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 conversations	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 conversations	det
14	conversations	conversation	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bored	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 running	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 running	advmod
17	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 bored	advcl
18	home	home	ADV	_	17 running	advmod
19	to	to	ADP	_	23 court	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Queen	det
21	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 court	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Queen	case
23	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 running	obl
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 dream	case
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 dream	nmod:poss
26	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 court	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	bore	participle		the bank beside her sister		at the start; with no conversations	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent on bank=Location
2	run	gerund			then	to the Queen's court in her dream result; home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to court=Result
3	dream		her = she				nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

On the bank beside her sister, bored at the start with no pictures, then waking up from her strange dream of Wonderland

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 bank	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bank	det
3	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bored	obl
4	beside	beside	ADP	_	6 sister	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sister	nmod:poss
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bank	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bank	punct
8	bored	bore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 start	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 start	det
11	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bored	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 pictures	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 pictures	det
14	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bored	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 waking	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 waking	advmod
17	waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 bored	advcl
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 waking	compound:prt
19	from	from	ADP	_	22 dream	case
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 dream	nmod:poss
21	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 dream	amod
22	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 waking	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 Wonderland	case
24	Wonderland	Wonderland	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 dream	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bore	participle			the bank beside her sister		at the start; with no pictures	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent on bank=Location
2	wake up	gerund			her strange dream of Wonderland	then		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	dream		her = she	Wonderland				nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

On the bank by her sister — bored at first, then waking from the dream

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 bank	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bank	det
3	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bored	obl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 sister	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sister	nmod:poss
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bank	nmod
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	3 bank	punct
8	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 waking	mark
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 first	case
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 bored	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 waking	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 waking	advmod
13	waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 dream	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dream	det
16	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 waking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	gerund				the dream	then		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

By the river, shouting for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 river	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 river	det
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shouting	punct
5	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 river	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 help	case
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund	the river not said here					for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

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