Test 2 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing…
Priya, millennial: "The Mouse's lesson was lowkey the most mid thing ever." ("mid" = boring, not good.) Which word does the Mouse itself use for it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lesson, word · What happens: lowkey, do, use · To what, where: mid thing, Mouse
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Priya, millennial: "The Mouse's lesson was lowkey the most mid thing ever."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priya | Priya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 millennial | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 millennial | punct |
| 3 | millennial | millennial | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 lowkey | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 lowkey | punct |
| 6 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Mouse | det |
| 7 | Mouse | Mouse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 lesson | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Mouse | case |
| 9 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lowkey | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 lowkey | aux |
| 11 | lowkey | lowkey | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 millennial | acl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 thing | det |
| 13 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 14 mid | advmod |
| 14 | mid | mid | X | _ | 15 thing | compound |
| 15 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lowkey | obj |
| 16 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 15 thing | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 millennial | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 millennial | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lowkey in a quote | past · progressive | the Mouse's lesson | the mid thing | 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: ("mid" = boring, not good.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 boring | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 mid | punct |
| 3 | mid | mid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 boring | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 mid | punct |
| 5 | = | = | SYM | _ | 6 boring | punct |
| 6 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 good | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 good | advmod |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 boring | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 boring | punct |
| 11 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 boring | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Which word does the Mouse itself use for it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 word | det |
| 2 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Mouse | det |
| 5 | Mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | obj |
| 6 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 use | nsubj |
| 7 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 5 Mouse | acl:relcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 use | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | which word | the Mouse | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | use | present | word | the Mouse not said here | for Mouse | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme for it=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Driest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Driest | dry | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Dullest tale of the day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dullest | dull | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 tale | amod |
| 2 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 day | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tale | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell | the day | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 3
Most boring history ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 history | amod |
| 2 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 history | amod |
| 3 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 history | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Wet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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