Test 5 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing…
Mason from Texas: "Y'all, that Duck's dumb, he don't know what 'it' means." ("y'all" = you all.) What was the Duck really asking?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mason, Duck · What happens: not know, mean, ask · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Mason from Texas: "Y'all, that Duck's dumb, he don't know what 'it' means."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mason | mason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dumb | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Texas | case |
| 3 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mason | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 dumb | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 dumb | punct |
| 6 | Y'all | y'all | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 dumb | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 dumb | punct |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 Duck | det |
| 9 | Duck | Duck | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 dumb | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Duck | case |
| 11 | dumb | dumb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 know | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 know | nsubj |
| 14 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 know | aux |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 know | advmod |
| 16 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 dumb | parataxis |
| 17 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 means | obj |
| 18 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 it | punct |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 means | nsubj |
| 20 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 it | punct |
| 21 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 know | ccomp |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 dumb | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 dumb | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know in a quote | present · do-support | Mason | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | present | Duck | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
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: ("y'all" = you all.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 y'all | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 y'all | punct |
| 3 | y'all | y'all | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 y'all | punct |
| 5 | = | = | SYM | _ | 6 you | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 y'all | appos |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 you | nmod:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 y'all | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 y'all | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What was the Duck really asking?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 asking | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 asking | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Duck | det |
| 4 | Duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 asking | nsubj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 asking | advmod |
| 6 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 asking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past · progressive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
What exactly the archbishop found
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 found | obj |
| 2 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 found | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 archbishop | det |
| 4 | archbishop | archbishop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 found | nsubj |
| 5 | found | find | 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 | find | past | the archbishop | exactly property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
Option 2
What the Lory had already eaten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Lory | det |
| 3 | Lory | Lory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 eaten | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 eaten | aux |
| 5 | already | already | ADV | _ | 6 eaten | advmod |
| 6 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past · perfect | the Lory | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
What the Dodo meant by it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 meant | obj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Dodo | det |
| 3 | Dodo | Dodo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 meant | nsubj |
| 4 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 meant | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | past | the Dodo | by it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
Option 4
Where the Duck lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 lives | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Duck | det |
| 3 | Duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lives | nsubj |
| 4 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | the Duck | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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