Test 14 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing… Kirsty from Aberdeen: "The craturs were drookit, ken." ("craturs" = creatures, "drookit" = soaked, "ken" = you know.) What does this say about the animals?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: craturs, drookit, you, this · What happens: be, soak, know, say · To what, where: drookit, ken · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 5 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing and the Caucus-race» 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: Kirsty from Aberdeen: "The craturs were drookit, ken."
case nmod punct punct det nsubj cop appos punct appos punct punct root Kirsty PROPN from ADP Aberdeen PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT The DET craturs NOUN were AUX drookit NOUN , PUNCT ken NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kirsty Kirsty PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 from from ADP _ 3 Aberdeen case 3 Aberdeen Aberdeen PROPN Number=Sing 1 Kirsty nmod 4 : : PUNCT _ 9 drookit punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 9 drookit punct 6 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 craturs det 7 craturs cratur NOUN Number=Plur 9 drookit nsubj 8 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 drookit cop 9 drookit drookit NOUN Number=Sing 1 Kirsty appos 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 ken punct 11 ken ken NOUN Number=Sing 9 drookit appos 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 drookit punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 9 drookit punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote past the craturs drookit 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: ("craturs" = creatures, "drookit" = soaked, "ken" = you know.)
punct punct punct punct conj punct punct appos punct punct acl punct punct obl punct punct nsubj conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT craturs NOUN " PUNCT = SYM creatures NOUN , PUNCT " PUNCT drookit NOUN " PUNCT = SYM soaked VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT ken NOUN " PUNCT = SYM you PRON know VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 craturs punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 craturs punct 3 craturs cratur NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 craturs punct 5 = = SYM _ 6 creatures punct 6 creatures creature NOUN Number=Plur 3 craturs conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 drookit punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 drookit punct 9 drookit drookit NOUN Number=Sing 6 creatures appos 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 drookit punct 11 = = SYM _ 12 soaked punct 12 soaked soak VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 9 drookit acl 13 , , PUNCT _ 15 ken punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 15 ken punct 15 ken ken NOUN Number=Sing 12 soaked obl 16 " " PUNCT _ 15 ken punct 17 = = SYM _ 19 know punct 18 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 19 know nsubj 19 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 soaked conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 3 craturs punct 21 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 craturs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 soak participle drookit not said here ken vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 know present you vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What does this say about the animals?
obj aux nsubj case det obl punct root What PRON does AUX this PRON say VERB about ADP the DET animals NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 say obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 about about ADP _ 7 animals case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 animals det 7 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 4 say obl 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · do-support this about the animals vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice They were all soaking wet and had fallen in the pool of Alice's tears
The tree, 15 words nsubj aux advmod xcomp cc aux conj case det obl case nmod:poss case nmod root They PRON were AUX all ADV soaking VERB wet ADJ and CCONJ had AUX fallen VERB in ADP the DET pool NOUN of ADP Alice PROPN 's PART tears NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 soaking nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 soaking aux 3 all all ADV _ 4 soaking advmod 4 soaking soak VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 wet wet ADJ Degree=Pos 4 soaking xcomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 fallen cc 7 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 fallen aux 8 fallen fall VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 4 soaking conj 9 in in ADP _ 11 pool case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 pool det 11 pool pool NOUN Number=Sing 8 fallen obl 12 of of ADP _ 15 tears case 13 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 15 tears nmod:poss 14 's 's PART _ 13 Alice case 15 tears tear NOUN Number=Plur 11 pool nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 soak past · progressive They all, wet property vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 fall past · perfect They not said here the pool of Alice's tears vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pool=Location
Option 2 They were hungry and sad
nsubj cop cc conj root They PRON were AUX hungry ADJ and CCONJ sad ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 hungry nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 hungry cop 3 hungry hungry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 sad cc 5 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 3 hungry conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past They hungry property tree rules 2 be They not said here tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer They were soaking wet
nsubj aux xcomp root They PRON were AUX soaking VERB wet ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 soaking nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 soaking aux 3 soaking soak VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 wet wet ADJ Degree=Pos 3 soaking xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 soak past · progressive They wet property vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Option 4 They had all been cold
nsubj advmod cop xcomp root They PRON had VERB all ADV been AUX cold ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 all all ADV _ 5 cold advmod 4 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 5 cold cop 5 cold cold ADJ Degree=Pos 2 had xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past They vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is participle They not said here all, cold property tree rules
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