Test 6 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…

True or false: Alice thinks she might have been changed for another child in the night.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: think, change · To what, where: Alice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 false	cc
3	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 thinks	punct
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 thinks	nsubj
6	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 True	parataxis
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 changed	nsubj
8	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 changed	aux
9	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 changed	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 changed	aux:pass
11	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 thinks	ccomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 changed	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 night	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 changed	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Alice						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	change	might · perfect · passive		Alice			night	for another child	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme for child=Co-Theme

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

False: she is sure she is still Alice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 sure	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sure	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sure	cop
5	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 False	parataxis
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 Alice	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 Alice	cop
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 Alice	advmod
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sure	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					sure property	tree rules
2	is a	present	she	Alice			still		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

False: she thinks the Rabbit has swapped her for a bigger child in the night.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thinks	ccomp
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 thinks	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thinks	nsubj
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 swapped	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rabbit	det
6	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swapped	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 swapped	aux
8	swapped	swap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 swapped	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 child	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
12	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 child	amod
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swapped	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 night	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 child	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 swapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	she						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	swap	present · perfect · passive		the Rabbit				for a bigger child in the night	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

True: she wonders if she has become Mabel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wonders	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 wonders	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wonders	nsubj
4	wonders	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 become	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 become	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 become	aux
8	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 wonders	ccomp
9	Mabel	Mabel	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	present	she						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	become a condition, not said to happen	present · perfect	she						vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

False: she is certain she has not become Mabel, the poky little girl up the hill

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 certain	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 certain	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 certain	cop
5	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 False	conj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 become	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 become	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 become	advmod
9	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 certain	acl:relcl
10	Mabel	Mabel	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 become	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 girl	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 girl	det
13	poky	poky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 girl	amod
14	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 girl	amod
15	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Mabel	appos
16	up	up	ADP	_	18 hill	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hill	det
18	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 girl	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					certain property	tree rules
2	not become	present · perfect	she						vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser/t6/