Test 6 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

True or false: Alice knew exactly when William the Conqueror lived.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice, William · What happens: know, live

This is test 6 · ★ 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	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 false	cc
3	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 knew	punct
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 knew	nsubj
6	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 True	conj
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	8 when	advmod
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 lived	mark
9	William	William	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 lived	nsubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Conqueror	det
11	Conqueror	Conqueror	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 William	appos
12	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 knew	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	Alice						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	live	past	William						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

False: she had no clear idea how long ago anything happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 had	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 happened	advcl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 idea	det
6	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 idea	amod
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 long	advmod
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 ago	advmod
10	ago	ago	ADV	_	12 happened	advmod
11	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 happened	nsubj
12	happened	happen	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	have	past	she	no clear idea					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
2	happen	past	anything					ago property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

False: she knew the date and told the Mouse all about his reign in great detail at the seaside

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 :	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 knew	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knew	nsubj
4	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 date	det
6	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knew	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 told	cc
8	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 knew	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mouse	det
10	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	iobj
11	all	all	ADV	_	14 reign	advmod
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 reign	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 reign	nmod:poss
14	reign	reign	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 detail	case
16	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 detail	amod
17	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reign	nmod
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 seaside	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 seaside	det
20	seaside	seaside	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	she	the date					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer date=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	past	she not said here		the Mouse	the seaside		about Mouse's reign in great detail	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent mouse=Recipient about reign=Topic

Option 3

True: she knew exactly how long ago it had been, to the year

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 knew	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knew	nsubj
4	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 True	conj
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 how	advmod
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 long	advmod
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 ago	advmod
8	ago	ago	ADV	_	4 knew	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 been	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 been	aux
11	been	be	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 knew	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 year	punct
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 year	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 year	det
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 True	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	she					ago property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	be	past · perfect	it						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

False: she knew it was in the reign of King John

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 knew	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 knew	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knew	nsubj
4	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 reign	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reign	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 reign	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reign	det
9	reign	reign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knew	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 John	case
11	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 John	nmod:desc
12	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	she						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	it			the reign		of John King	tree rules

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