Test 17 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

★★★ Read carefully: Alice says "We won't talk about her any more". Who answers "We indeed!", and why?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★, Alice, We · What happens: read, say, not talk, answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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: ★★★ Read carefully: Alice says "We won't talk about her any more".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Read	nsubj
4	Read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	4 Read	advmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Read	advcl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 talk	punct
10	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 talk	nsubj
11	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 talk	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 talk	advmod
13	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 says	ccomp
14	about	about	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 talk	obl
16	any	any	ADV	_	17 more	advmod
17	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 talk	advmod
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 talk	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	read	infinitive	★ ★	carefully property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Alice		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not talk in a quote	future	We	about Alice	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=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: Who answers "We indeed!", and why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 answers	nsubj
2	answers	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 indeed	punct
4	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 indeed	nsubj
5	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	2 answers	advmod
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 indeed	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 indeed	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 why	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 why	cc
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 answers	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	present						indeed property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The Mouse, offended at the word "we"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mouse	det
2	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offended	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Mouse	punct
4	offended	offend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 word	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offended	obl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 we	punct
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 word	appos
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 we	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offend	participle · passive		the Mouse		the word			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2

The Lory, offended at the word "we" because she had been left out of the conversation

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Lory	det
2	Lory	Lory	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 offended	punct
4	offended	offend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Lory	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 word	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offended	obl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 we	punct
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 word	appos
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 we	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 left	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 left	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 left	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 left	aux:pass
15	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 offended	advcl
16	out	out	ADP	_	19 conversation	case
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 conversation	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 conversation	det
19	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offend	participle		the Lory not said here		the word			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	leave out	past · perfect · passive		she		the conversation			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The Mouse, offended at the word "we" because it thought Alice meant the cats

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mouse	det
2	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offended	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Mouse	punct
4	offended	offend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 word	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offended	obl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 we	punct
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 meant	nsubj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 we	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 thought	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 thought	nsubj
13	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 we	advcl
14	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 meant	nsubj
15	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 word	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cats	det
17	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 meant	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	offend	participle · passive		the Mouse	the word	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	think speech: other	past	Mouse			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	past	we	the cats		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Topic

Option 4

The Duck, annoyed by Alice's talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Duck	det
2	Duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 annoyed	punct
4	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Duck	amod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 talk	case
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 talk	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Alice	case
8	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 annoyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk		Alice						nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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