Test 10 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

What does the Mouse's "Would you like cats if you were me?" ask Alice to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Alice · What happens: like, be, ask, do · To what, where: cats, Alice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 like	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 like	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mouse	det
4	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 like	obl
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Mouse	case
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
7	Would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 like	aux
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 like	nsubj
9	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 ask	advcl
10	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 like	obj
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 me	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 me	nsubj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 me	cop
14	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 like	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
17	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 ask	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 do	mark
20	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 ask	xcomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	like in a quote	would · present · do-support	you	cats	's the Mouse	tree rules
2	is a a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	past	you	Alice		tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	imperative	Alice			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	Alice not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

Imagine how things look to a mouse who has been chased by a cat all day long

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Imagine	imagine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 look	advmod
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	nsubj
4	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Imagine	ccomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 mouse	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mouse	det
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 chased	nsubj:pass
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 chased	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 chased	aux:pass
11	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 mouse	acl:relcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 cat	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cat	det
14	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chased	obl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chased	obl:unmarked
17	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	imagine	imperative	you not said here				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	look	present	things			to a mouse; long property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to mouse=Theme
3	chase	present · perfect · passive	a cat	a mouse	day		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Imagine how things look to a mouse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Imagine	imagine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 look	advmod
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	nsubj
4	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Imagine	ccomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 mouse	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mouse	det
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imagine	imperative	you not said here						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	look	present	things					to a mouse	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to mouse=Theme

Option 3

Think about the cat's dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	about	about	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dinner	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 cat	case
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Think	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	imperative	you not said here					about the cat's dinner	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about dinner=Topic

Option 4

Pretend to be a dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	5 dog	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 dog	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pretend	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	you not said here	a dog					tree rules

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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