Test 1 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…

Ruby goes: "Alice was crying 'cos the Rabbit was mean to her." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, Alice, Rabbit, you · What happens: go, cry, be, put · To what, where: Alice

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and curiouser (who am I?)» 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: Ruby goes: "Alice was crying 'cos the Rabbit was mean to her."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 crying	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 crying	punct
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 crying	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 crying	aux
7	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 goes	advcl
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 crying	punct
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 mean	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rabbit	det
11	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mean	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 mean	cop
13	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crying	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 mean	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	go	present	Ruby			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cry speech: express in a quote	past · progressive	Alice			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	past	the Rabbit	Alice	mean property	tree rules

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: Put her right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		Alice			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She cried because she had grown too big for the garden door and the Rabbit had run off.

The tree, 18 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	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 grown	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grown	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grown	aux
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 cried	ccomp
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 big	advmod
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grown	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
11	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 door	compound
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 big	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 run	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rabbit	det
15	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 run	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 run	aux
17	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 grown	conj
18	off	off	ADP	_	17 run	compound:prt
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	She			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	grow	past · perfect	she		big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	run off	past · perfect · passive		the Rabbit		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent

Option 2

She cried because the Rabbit was rude to her

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	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 rude	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rabbit	det
5	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rude	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rude	cop
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cried	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rude	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	She						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the Rabbit		her = she			rude property	tree rules

Option 3

She cried for hours because her tears made a pool and the Rabbit wanted her gloves back from her.

The tree, 19 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	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 hours	case
4	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cried	obl
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 made	mark
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 tears	nmod:poss
7	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 made	nsubj
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pool	det
10	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wanted	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Rabbit	det
13	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 wanted	nsubj
14	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	conj
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 gloves	nmod:poss
16	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 wanted	obj
17	back	back	ADV	_	14 wanted	advmod
18	from	from	ADP	_	19 her	case
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wanted	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	She		hour		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	past	her tears	a pool			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material pool=Product
3	want back	past	the Rabbit	Rabbit's gloves		from her = she	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot glove=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She cried because she was too big for the garden door

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	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 big	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 big	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 big	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 big	advmod
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cried	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
10	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 door	compound
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 big	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	She						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	she					for the garden door; big property	tree rules

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