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

«If there's no meaning in it, that saves a world of trouble.» What is wrong with the King's thinking when he then finds meaning anyway?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: meaning, that, King · What happens: be, save, find, mean, think · To what, where: world

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: «If there's no meaning in it, that saves a world of trouble.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 saves	punct
2	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 's	mark
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 's	expl
4	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 saves	advcl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 meaning	det
6	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 's	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 meaning	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 saves	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 saves	nsubj
11	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 world	det
13	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saves	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 trouble	case
15	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 world	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 saves	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 saves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	no meaning in it			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	save in a quote	present	that	a world of trouble					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=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: What is wrong with the King's thinking when he then finds meaning anyway?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 thinking	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 thinking	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 King	case
8	thinking	thinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	obl
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 finds	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 finds	nsubj
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 finds	advmod
12	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	advcl
13	meaning	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 finds	xcomp
14	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	13 meaning	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present			with the King's thinking; wrong property	tree rules
2	find	present	meaning	then		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	mean	gerund	meaning not said here		anyway property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	think		the King			nom thinking «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He decides what the verses mean to fit what he already wants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 mean	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 verses	det
5	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mean	nsubj
6	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 decides	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fit	mark
8	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 mean	xcomp
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 wants	obj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wants	nsubj
11	already	already	ADV	_	12 wants	advmod
12	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fit	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	decide	present	He	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	the verses	tree rules
3	fit not said to happen	to-infinitive	the verses not said here	tree rules
4	want	present	he	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 2

He decides what the verses mean to fit what he already wants, after reading every line of them twice over

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 mean	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 verses	det
5	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mean	nsubj
6	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 decides	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fit	mark
8	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 mean	xcomp
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 fit	obj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wants	nsubj
11	already	already	ADV	_	12 wants	advmod
12	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 what	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 reading	punct
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 reading	mark
15	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 mean	conj
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 line	det
17	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reading	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 line	nmod
20	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	21 over	advmod
21	over	over	ADV	_	15 reading	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decide	present	He			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	the verses			tree rules
3	fit not said to happen	to-infinitive	the verses not said here			vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
4	want	present	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	read	gerund	the verses not said here	every line of verses	over property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Topic

Option 3

He decides what the verses mean to fit what he already wants, after claiming there was no meaning at all

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 mean	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 verses	det
5	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mean	nsubj
6	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 decides	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fit	mark
8	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 mean	xcomp
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 fit	obj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wants	nsubj
11	already	already	ADV	_	12 wants	advmod
12	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 what	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 claiming	punct
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 claiming	mark
15	claiming	claim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 mean	advcl
16	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	17 was	expl
17	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 claiming	ccomp
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 meaning	det
19	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 was	nsubj
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 all	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 was	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	decide	present	He		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	the verses		tree rules
3	fit not said to happen	to-infinitive	the verses not said here		vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
4	want	present	he		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	claim speech: other	gerund	the verses not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	be	past	no meaning	all; there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 4

He reads the verses too quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reads	nsubj
2	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 verses	det
4	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reads	obj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 quickly	advmod
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 reads	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	present	He	the verses				quickly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Topic

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