Test 7 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…
Sophie, sarky: "Oh well done Alice, cry a whole lake and then fall in it." What is she pointing out?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sophie · What happens: do, cry, fall, point out · To what, where: Alice, whole lake, lake
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Sophie, sarky: "Oh well done Alice, cry a whole lake and then fall in it."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie | Sophie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sarky | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sarky | punct |
| 3 | sarky | sarky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 done | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 done | punct |
| 6 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 8 done | discourse |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 done | advmod |
| 8 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 sarky | parataxis |
| 9 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 done | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cry | punct |
| 11 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 done | advcl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 lake | det |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 lake | amod |
| 14 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cry | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 fall | cc |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 fall | advmod |
| 17 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 cry | conj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 it | case |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 fall | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sarky | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 sarky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | participle | Alice | well property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alice=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express in a quote | infinitive | a whole lake | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Topic | |||||
| 3 | fall in a quote | infinitive | lake | then | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in it=Location |
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 is she pointing out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 pointing | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pointing | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pointing | nsubj |
| 4 | pointing | point | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 pointing | compound:prt |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 pointing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point out | present · progressive | Sophie | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Alice falls into the sea again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 falls | nsubj |
| 2 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 sea | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 falls | obl |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 falls | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | Alice | again | into the sea result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result |
Option 2
Alice has been careless and now sinks into the deep salt sea beside the shore
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 careless | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 careless | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 careless | cop |
| 4 | careless | careless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sinks | cc |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 sinks | advmod |
| 7 | sinks | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 careless | conj |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 sea | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sea | det |
| 10 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 sea | amod |
| 11 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sea | compound |
| 12 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sinks | obl |
| 13 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 15 shore | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 shore | det |
| 15 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sinks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present · perfect | Alice | careless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sink | present | Alice not said here | the deep salt sea | now | beside the shore | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Alice nearly drowns in her own tears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 drowns | nsubj |
| 2 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 3 drowns | advmod |
| 3 | drowns | drown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 tears | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tears | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tears | amod |
| 7 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drowns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drown | present | Alice | Alice's own tears | nearly property | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Alice nearly drowns in the sea water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 drowns | nsubj |
| 2 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 3 drowns | advmod |
| 3 | drowns | drown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 water | compound |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drowns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drown | present | Alice | the sea water | nearly property | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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