Test 7 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…
Nan, firm: "Don't you talk like that about poor Mabel, she can't help her house." Which is true in the book?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Nan · What happens: not talk, not help, be · To what, where: house, book
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Nan, firm: "Don't you talk like that about poor Mabel, she can't help her house."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 help | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 firm | punct |
| 3 | firm | firm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nan | conj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 talk | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 talk | punct |
| 6 | Do | do | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 talk | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 talk | advmod |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 talk | nsubj |
| 9 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nan | conj |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 that | case |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 talk | obl |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 Mabel | case |
| 13 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Mabel | amod |
| 14 | Mabel | Mabel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 talk | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nan | punct |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 help | nsubj |
| 17 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 help | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 help | advmod |
| 19 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 house | nmod:poss |
| 21 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 help | obj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 help | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not talk in a quote | infinitive · do-support | you | like that; about poor Mabel | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about mabel=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not help in a quote | can | Nan and firm | Mabel's house | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Beneficiary |
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: Which is true in the book?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 book | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 book | det |
| 6 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the book | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Mabel is mean.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mabel | Mabel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 mean | cop |
| 3 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mabel | mean property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Alice only guesses that Mabel's house is poky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 guesses | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 guesses | advmod |
| 3 | guesses | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 poky | mark |
| 5 | Mabel | Mabel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 house | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Mabel | case |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 poky | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 poky | cop |
| 9 | poky | poky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 guesses | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guess | present | Alice | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Mabel's house | poky property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Alice hates Mabel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hates | nsubj |
| 2 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Mabel | Mabel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hates | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | Alice | Mabel | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mabel=Stimulus |
Option 4
Alice wants to live in Mabel's house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 live | mark |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 house | case |
| 6 | Mabel | Mabel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 house | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Mabel | case |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Alice | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | live not said to happen | to-infinitive | Alice not said here | Mabel's house | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
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