Test 1 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

Lily goes: "Alice dropped the fan 'cos her arm got tired." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily, Alice, arm, you · What happens: go, drop, get, put · To what, where: fan, arm · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 4 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears and the Mouse» 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: Lily goes: "Alice dropped the fan 'cos her arm got tired."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 dropped	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 dropped	punct
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	nsubj
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fan	det
8	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	obj
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 got	punct
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 got	mark
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 arm	nmod:poss
12	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 got	nsubj
13	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dropped	conj
14	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 got	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	present	Lily			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drop in a quote	past	Alice	the fan		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Theme
3	get in a quote	past	Alice's arm		tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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		arm			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1

She dropped it because it was making her shrink away, and she had to save herself

The tree, 16 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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 making	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 making	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 making	aux
7	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dropped	advcl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 making	obj
9	shrink	shrink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 making	xcomp
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 shrink	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 had	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 had	nsubj
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 save	mark
16	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 had	xcomp
17	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	drop	past	She	it		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	make	past · progressive	it	her = she		tree rules
3	shrink away	infinitive	her = she not said here		away property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	have	past	she			tree rules
5	save	to-infinitive	she not said here	herself = she		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She dropped it because it was making her shrink away

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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 making	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 making	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 making	aux
7	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dropped	advcl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 making	obj
9	shrink	shrink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 making	xcomp
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 shrink	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	drop	past	She	it		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	make	past · progressive	it	her = she		tree rules
3	shrink away	infinitive	her = she not said here		away property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

She dropped it because the fan was making her shrink and the Mouse was swimming closer

The tree, 16 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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 making	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fan	det
6	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 making	aux
8	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dropped	advcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 shrink	nmod:poss
10	shrink	shrink	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 swimming	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mouse	det
13	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 swimming	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 swimming	aux
15	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dropped	advcl
16	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 swimming	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	drop	past	She	it		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	make	past · progressive	the fan	fan's shrink		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shrink=Product
3	swim	past · progressive	the Mouse		close property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She let it fall because the fan was making her grow

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 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 making	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fan	det
7	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 making	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 making	aux
9	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fall	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 making	obj
11	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 making	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	past	She	it	tree rules
2	fall	infinitive			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	past · progressive	the fan	her = she	tree rules
4	grow	infinitive	her = she not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

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