Test 6 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence…

What would have happened if the soldiers had obeyed «Off with her head!»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: soldiers · What happens: happen, obey

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 obeyed	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 soldiers	det
7	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 obeyed	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 obeyed	aux
9	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	advcl
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 Off	punct
11	Off	off	ADV	_	9 obeyed	advmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 head	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 head	nmod:poss
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obeyed	obl
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 obeyed	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 obeyed	punct
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	obey a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	the soldiers					with her head; off property	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The dream would have turned into a nightmare — but nobody moved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dream	det
2	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 turned	aux
5	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 nightmare	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 nightmare	det
8	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	obl
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	5 turned	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 moved	cc
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 moved	nsubj
12	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	would · perfect · passive		the dream		a nightmare			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into nightmare=Trajectory
2	move	past	nobody						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The dream would have turned into a terrible nightmare, with the soldiers chasing Alice all round the garden, but nobody moved at all

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dream	det
2	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 turned	aux
5	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 nightmare	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 nightmare	det
8	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nightmare	amod
9	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 soldiers	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 soldiers	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 soldiers	det
13	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turned	obl
14	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 soldiers	acl
15	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 chasing	obj
16	all	all	ADV	_	19 garden	advmod
17	round	round	ADP	_	19 garden	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 garden	det
19	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chasing	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 moved	punct
21	but	but	CCONJ	_	23 moved	cc
22	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	23 moved	nsubj
23	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	conj
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 all	case
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	turn	would · perfect · passive		the dream	a terrible nightmare	with the soldiers	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into nightmare=Trajectory
2	chase	gerund	the soldiers not said here	Alice	the garden		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent alice=Theme round garden=Trajectory
3	move	past	nobody		all		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory

Option 3

The dream would have ended badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dream	det
2	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ended	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 ended	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 ended	aux
5	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 ended	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	would · perfect · passive		the dream				badly property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

The dream would have turned into a terrible nightmare, with Alice's head rolling on the grass, but nobody moved at all

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dream	det
2	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 turned	aux
5	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 nightmare	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 nightmare	det
8	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nightmare	amod
9	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 head	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 head	case
12	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 head	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Alice	case
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nightmare	appos
15	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 head	acl
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 grass	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 grass	det
18	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rolling	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 moved	punct
20	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 moved	cc
21	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	22 moved	nsubj
22	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	conj
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 all	case
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	turn	would · perfect · passive		the dream	a terrible nightmare	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into nightmare=Trajectory
2	roll	gerund	Alice's head not said here		the grass	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grass=Trajectory
3	move	past	nobody		all	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory

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