Test 15 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…

★★★ That is why she says she will "never get to twenty at that rate". Why never?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★, she · What happens: be, say, not get · To what, where: rate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★ 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: ★★★ That is why she says she will "never get to twenty at that rate".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 why	nsubj
4	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 why	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 why	cop
6	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 why	ccomp
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 get	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 get	advmod
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 says	ccomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 twenty	case
15	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 get	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 rate	case
17	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 rate	det
18	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 get	obl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	★ ★		why property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	she			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not get in a quote	future	she	that rate	to twenty result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to twenty=Result

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 never?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	1 Why	advmod
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Because she is nine feet tall now, her sums get bigger and bigger and she cannot keep up with them.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 tall	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tall	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tall	cop
4	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 feet	nummod
5	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tall	obl:unmarked
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 get	advcl
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 tall	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tall	punct
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sums	nmod:poss
10	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 get	nsubj
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 get	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bigger	cc
14	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 bigger	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 keep	cc
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 keep	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 keep	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 keep	advmod
19	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 get	conj
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 keep	compound:prt
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 them	case
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 keep	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she	now	nine feet obl:unmarked; tall property	tree rules
2	get	present	her sums		big property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	not keep up	can	she		with sums = sum	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
4	sum		her = she			nom sum «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The tables she knows end at twelve and she forgets the rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tables	det
2	tables	table	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 knows	nsubj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knows	nsubj
4	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knows	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 twelve	case
7	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 knows	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 forgets	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 forgets	nsubj
10	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 knows	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rest	det
12	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forgets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	the tables	end		twelve			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer end=Stimulus
2	forget	present	she	the rest					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The table stops at twelve before she reaches twenty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 table	det
2	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stops	nsubj
3	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 twelve	case
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 stops	obl
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 reaches	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 reaches	nsubj
8	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stops	advcl
9	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 reaches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	the table			twelve			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at twelve=Location
2	reach	present	she	twenty					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent twenty=Theme

Option 4

The table stops at twelve before she reaches twenty, and she also forgets how the rest of the sums go

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 table	det
2	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stops	nsubj
3	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 twelve	case
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 stops	obl
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 reaches	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 reaches	nsubj
8	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stops	advcl
9	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 reaches	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 forgets	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 forgets	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 forgets	nsubj
13	also	also	ADV	_	14 forgets	advmod
14	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stops	conj
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	21 go	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rest	det
17	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 go	nsubj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 sums	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sums	det
20	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 rest	nmod
21	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 forgets	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stop	present	the table		twelve	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at twelve=Location
2	reach	present	she	twenty		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent twenty=Theme
3	forget	present	she			tree rules
4	go	present	the rest of the sums			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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