Test 12 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…
Looking back: in chapter I Alice said "Antipathies" instead of "Antipodes". What does she muddle in this part?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Alice · What happens: look back, say, muddle · To what, where: Antipathies, part · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ 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: Looking back: in chapter I Alice said "Antipathies" instead of "Antipodes".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 7 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chapter | acl:relcl |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Antipathies | punct |
| 10 | Antipathies | antipathy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 said | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Antipathies | punct |
| 12 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 15 Antipodes | case |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 instead | fixed |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Antipodes | punct |
| 15 | Antipodes | antipode | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 Antipathies | nmod |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Antipathies | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | I | Antipathies | instead Antipodes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent antipathy=Topic |
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: What does she muddle in this part?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 muddle | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 muddle | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 muddle | nsubj |
| 4 | muddle | muddle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 part | case |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 part | det |
| 7 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 muddle | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 muddle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | muddle | present · do-support | Alice | this part | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
When King Alfred ruled England
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 ruled | advmod |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 ruled | nsubj |
| 3 | Alfred | Alfred | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 King | flat |
| 4 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 ruled | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | past | King | England | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent england=Result |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
When William the Conqueror lived
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 William | advmod |
| 2 | William | William | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 lived | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Conqueror | det |
| 4 | Conqueror | Conqueror | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 William | appos |
| 5 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | William | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Where the Antipodes lie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 lie | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Antipodes | det |
| 3 | Antipodes | antipode | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lie | nsubj |
| 4 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | the Antipodes | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
When William the Conqueror lived and where the Antipodes were on the map
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 lived | advmod |
| 2 | William | William | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 lived | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Conqueror | det |
| 4 | Conqueror | Conqueror | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 William | appos |
| 5 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 map | cc |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 map | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Antipodes | det |
| 9 | Antipodes | antipode | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 map | nsubj |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 map | cop |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 map | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 map | det |
| 13 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lived | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | William | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the Antipodes | the map | 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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