Test 8 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

Why does Alice say "I wish I hadn't cried so much!"?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: say, wish, not cry · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 wish	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 wish	nsubj
7	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	ccomp
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 cried	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 cried	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 cried	advmod
11	cried	cry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 wish	ccomp
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 much	advmod
13	much	much	ADV	_	11 cried	advmod
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 cried	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 wish	punct
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: express	present · do-support	Alice	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wish in a quote	present	Alice	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	not cry speech: express in a quote	past · perfect	Alice	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

She is now swimming in her own tears

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 swimming	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swimming	aux
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 swimming	advmod
4	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 tears	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tears	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tears	amod
8	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swimming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present · progressive	She			her own tears	now		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tear=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She is now swimming in her own tears and feels very sorry for the Mouse

The tree, 15 words

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 swimming	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swimming	aux
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 swimming	advmod
4	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 tears	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tears	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tears	amod
8	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swimming	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feels	cc
10	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swimming	conj
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 sorry	advmod
12	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feels	xcomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 Mouse	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Mouse	det
15	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sorry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present · progressive	She			her own tears	now		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tear=Trajectory
2	feel	present	She not said here					sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

She is standing in the wet sand

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 standing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 standing	aux
3	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 sand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sand	det
6	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sand	amod
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present · progressive	She			the wet sand			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sand=Location

Option 4

She has fallen into the salty sea

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 fallen	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fallen	aux
3	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
6	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sea	amod
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fallen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present · perfect	She					into the salty sea result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result

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