Test 16 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears… ★★★ Alice was over nine feet tall when she cried the pool, which was four inches deep. Now she is so small that she is "up to her chin". What does that tell us?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, pool, that · What happens: be, cry, tell · To what, where: pool, up, us · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 16 · ★ 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: ★★★ Alice was over nine feet tall when she cried the pool, which was four inches deep.
nsubj dep case nmod cop advmod nummod obl:unmarked advmod nsubj advcl det obj punct nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked amod punct root ★ PROPN ★ X ★ ADP Alice PROPN was AUX over ADV nine NUM feet NOUN tall ADJ when ADV she PRON cried VERB the DET pool NOUN , PUNCT which PRON was AUX four NUM inches NOUN deep ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing 9 tall nsubj 2 ★ ★ X Foreign=Yes 1 ★ dep 3 ★ ★ ADP _ 4 Alice case 4 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 1 ★ nmod 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 tall cop 6 over over ADV _ 7 nine advmod 7 nine nine NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 feet nummod 8 feet foot NOUN Number=Plur 9 tall obl:unmarked 9 tall tall ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 when when ADV PronType=Int 12 cried advmod 11 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 cried nsubj 12 cried cry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 tall advcl 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 pool det 14 pool pool NOUN Number=Sing 12 cried obj 15 , , PUNCT _ 20 deep punct 16 which which PRON PronType=Rel 20 deep nsubj 17 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 20 deep cop 18 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 19 inches nummod 19 inches inch NOUN Number=Plur 20 deep obl:unmarked 20 deep deep ADJ Degree=Pos 14 pool amod 21 . . PUNCT _ 9 tall punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past ★ ★ Alice nine feet obl:unmarked ; tall property tree rules 2 cry speech: express past ★ the pool vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pool=Topic 3 is past the pool four inches obl:unmarked ; deep property tree rules
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: Now she is so small that she is "up to her chin".
advmod nsubj cop advmod mark nsubj cop punct obl case nmod:poss nmod punct punct root Now ADV she PRON is AUX so ADV small ADJ that SCONJ she PRON is AUX " PUNCT up NOUN to ADP her PRON chin NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Now now ADV PronType=Dem 5 small advmod 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 small nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 small cop 4 so so ADV _ 5 small advmod 5 small small ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 that that SCONJ _ 10 up mark 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 up nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 up cop 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 up punct 10 up up NOUN Number=Sing 5 small obl 11 to to ADP _ 13 chin case 12 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 chin nmod:poss 13 chin chin NOUN Number=Sing 10 up nmod 14 " " PUNCT _ 10 up punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 small punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present ★ now small property tree rules 2 is a in a quote present ★ up to ★'s chin tree rules
Sentence 3: What does that tell us?
obj aux nsubj iobj punct root What PRON does AUX that PRON tell VERB us PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 tell obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 tell aux 3 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 tell nsubj 4 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 tell iobj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present · do-support that us vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer She is now only a few inches tall
nsubj cop advmod advmod det amod obl:unmarked root She PRON is AUX now ADV only ADV a DET few ADJ inches NOUN tall ADJ 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 8 tall nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 tall cop 3 now now ADV PronType=Dem 8 tall advmod 4 only only ADV _ 7 inches advmod 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 inches det 6 few few ADJ Degree=Pos 7 inches amod 7 inches inch NOUN Number=Plur 8 tall obl:unmarked 8 tall tall ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present She now a few inches obl:unmarked ; tall property tree rules
Option 2 She is two feet
nsubj cop nummod root She PRON is AUX two NUM feet NOUN 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 4 feet nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 feet cop 3 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 feet nummod 4 feet foot NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present She two feet tree rules
Option 3 She has grown back to nine feet
nsubj aux advmod case nummod obl root She PRON has AUX grown VERB back ADV to ADP nine NUM feet NOUN 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 3 grown nsubj 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 grown aux 3 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 back back ADV _ 3 grown advmod 5 to to ADP _ 7 feet case 6 nine nine NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 feet nummod 7 feet foot NOUN Number=Plur 3 grown obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow back present · perfect She to nine feet vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 She is about the size of a cat
nsubj cop advmod det case det nmod root She PRON is AUX about ADV the DET size NOUN of ADP a DET cat NOUN 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 5 size nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 size cop 3 about about ADV _ 5 size advmod 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 size det 5 size size NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 cat case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 cat det 8 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 5 size nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present She the size of a cat; about property tree rules
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