Test 16 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…
★★★ Alice went from ten inches to more than nine feet. Nine feet is 108 inches. About how many times taller did she get?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, Nine feet · What happens: go, be, get · To what, where: nine feet, 108 inches
This is test 16 · ★ 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: ★★★ Alice went from ten inches to more than nine feet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 went | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 4 Alice | case |
| 4 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 inches | case |
| 7 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 inches | nummod |
| 8 | inches | inch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 went | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 feet | case |
| 10 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 12 nine | advmod |
| 11 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 more | fixed |
| 12 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 feet | nummod |
| 13 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 went | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | ★ ★ Alice | nine feet | from ten inches | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from inch=Initial_Location to foot=Destination |
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: Nine feet is 108 inches.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 feet | nummod |
| 2 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 inches | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 inches | cop |
| 4 | 108 | 108 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 inches | nummod |
| 5 | inches | inch | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 inches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nine feet | 108 inches | tree rules |
Sentence 3: About how many times taller did she get?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADP | _ | 4 times | case |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 many | advmod |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 times | amod |
| 4 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 taller | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 get | aux |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 get | nsubj |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 taller | advcl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 taller | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | ★ | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
About nine times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 nine | advmod |
| 2 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 times | nummod |
| 3 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
About eleven times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 eleven | advmod |
| 2 | eleven | eleven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 times | nummod |
| 3 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
About eleven times taller than she was before, which is a great deal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 eleven | advmod |
| 2 | eleven | eleven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 times | nummod |
| 3 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 taller | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 8 before | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 before | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 before | cop |
| 8 | before | before | ADV | _ | 4 taller | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 deal | punct |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 deal | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 deal | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 deal | det |
| 13 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 deal | amod |
| 14 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taller | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | before property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | a great deal | tree rules |
Option 4
Almost twelve times as tall as she was at the start, a surprising amount
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almost | almost | ADV | _ | 2 twelve | advmod |
| 2 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 times | nummod |
| 3 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tall | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 tall | advmod |
| 5 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 start | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 start | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 start | cop |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 start | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 start | det |
| 11 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tall | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 amount | punct |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 amount | det |
| 14 | surprising | surprising | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 amount | amod |
| 15 | amount | amount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 start | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | the start and a surprising amount | tree rules |
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