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Test 3 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence…

«Do I look like it?» Why is the Knave's answer funny?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, answer, Knave · What happens: look, be, answer

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: «Do I look like it?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 look	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 look	aux
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 look	nsubj
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 look	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 look	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look in a quote	present · do-support	I					like it	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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: Why is the Knave's answer funny?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Knave	det
4	Knave	Knave	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 answer	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Knave	case
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
7	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Knave's answer					why property	tree rules
2	answer		the Knave						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Knave is quite a rude person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Knave	det
2	Knave	knave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 person	cop
4	quite	quite	DET	PronType=Ind	7 person	det:predet
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Knave	quite rude person					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A cardboard card could never swim — but that doesn't prove he wrote the verses

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 card	det
2	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 card	compound
3	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swim	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 swim	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 swim	advmod
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 swim	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 prove	cc
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 prove	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 prove	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 prove	advmod
12	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 swim	conj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wrote	nsubj
14	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 prove	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 verses	det
16	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 wrote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not swim	could	a cardboard card						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not prove	present · do-support	that						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	write	past	card	the verses					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme

Option 3

A cardboard card could never swim, and he is clearly not a good swimmer, but that still doesn't prove he wrote the verses

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 card	det
2	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 card	compound
3	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swim	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 swim	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 swim	advmod
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 swimmer	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 swimmer	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 swimmer	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 swimmer	cop
11	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	15 swimmer	advmod
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 swimmer	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 swimmer	det
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 swimmer	amod
15	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swim	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 prove	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 prove	cc
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 prove	obl
19	still	still	ADV	_	22 prove	advmod
20	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 prove	aux
21	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 prove	advmod
22	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 swim	conj
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 wrote	nsubj
24	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 prove	ccomp
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 verses	det
26	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 wrote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not swim	could	a cardboard card						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is a	present	card	a good swimmer				clearly property	tree rules
3	not prove	present · do-support	a cardboard card not said here	that			still		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	write	past	card	the verses					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme

Option 4

A cardboard card could never swim, and the jury has already decided he is a bad swimmer, so the verses must be his

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 card	det
2	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 card	compound
3	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swim	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 swim	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 swim	advmod
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 decided	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 decided	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 jury	det
10	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 decided	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 decided	aux
12	already	already	ADV	_	13 decided	advmod
13	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 swim	parataxis
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 swimmer	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 swimmer	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 swimmer	det
17	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 swimmer	amod
18	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 decided	ccomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 be	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	24 be	advmod
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 verses	det
22	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 be	nsubj
23	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 be	aux
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 his	cop
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 swim	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not swim	could	a cardboard card						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	decide	present · perfect · passive		the jury					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
3	is a	present	card	a bad swimmer					tree rules
4	is a	infinitive		his = he					tree rules

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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