Test 7 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing… Aunt Kath, rough: "That Dodo's a pompous old windbag, all long words and no sense." ("windbag" = someone who talks a lot and says little.) Which of its lines shows this best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dodo · What happens: be, talk, say, show · To what, where: pompous old windbag, lot, little, best · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Aunt Kath, rough: "That Dodo's a pompous old windbag, all long words and no sense."
appos punct conj punct punct det nsubj cop det amod amod appos punct det amod conj cc det conj punct punct root Aunt NOUN Kath PROPN , PUNCT rough ADJ : PUNCT " PUNCT That DET Dodo PROPN 's AUX a DET pompous ADJ old ADJ windbag NOUN , PUNCT all DET long ADJ words NOUN and CCONJ no DET sense NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 Kath Kath PROPN Number=Sing 1 Aunt appos 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 rough punct 4 rough rough ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Aunt conj 5 : : PUNCT _ 13 windbag punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 13 windbag punct 7 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 Dodo det 8 Dodo Dodo PROPN Number=Sing 13 windbag nsubj 9 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 windbag cop 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 windbag det 11 pompous pompous ADJ Degree=Pos 13 windbag amod 12 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 13 windbag amod 13 windbag windbag NOUN Number=Sing 1 Aunt appos 14 , , PUNCT _ 17 words punct 15 all all DET PronType=Tot 17 words det 16 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 17 words amod 17 words word NOUN Number=Plur 13 windbag conj 18 and and CCONJ _ 20 sense cc 19 no no DET PronType=Neg 20 sense det 20 sense sense NOUN Number=Sing 13 windbag conj 21 . . PUNCT _ 13 windbag punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 13 windbag punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present that Dodo a pompous old windbag and all long words and no sense 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: ("windbag" = someone who talks a lot and says little.)
punct punct punct punct appos nsubj acl:relcl det obj cc conj obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT windbag NOUN " PUNCT = SYM someone PRON who PRON talks VERB a DET lot NOUN and CCONJ says VERB little ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 windbag punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 windbag punct 3 windbag windbag NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 windbag punct 5 = = SYM _ 6 someone punct 6 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 windbag appos 7 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 talks nsubj 8 talks talk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 someone acl:relcl 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 lot det 10 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 8 talks obj 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 says cc 12 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 talks conj 13 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 12 says obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 6 someone punct 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 windbag punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 talk present a lot vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lot=Patient 2 say speech: assert present little vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent little=Topic
Sentence 3: Which of its lines shows this best?
obj case nmod:poss obl nsubj obj punct root Which PRON of ADP its PRON lines NOUN shows VERB this PRON best ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 5 shows obj 2 of of ADP _ 4 lines case 3 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 lines nmod:poss 4 lines line NOUN Number=Plur 5 shows obl 5 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 best nsubj 7 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 shows obj 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 shows punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present best of little's lines vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent which=Recipient good=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice "Pass the cake"
punct det obj punct root " PUNCT Pass VERB the DET cake NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Pass punct 2 Pass pass VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 cake det 4 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 2 Pass obj 5 " " PUNCT _ 2 Pass punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pass in a quote imperative you not said here the cake vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cake=Trajectory
Option 2 "I propose we hold a caucus about it"
punct nsubj nsubj ccomp det obj case nmod punct root " PUNCT I PRON propose VERB we PRON hold VERB a DET caucus NOUN about ADP it PRON " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 3 propose punct 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 propose nsubj 3 propose propose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 hold nsubj 5 hold hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 propose ccomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 caucus det 7 caucus caucus NOUN Number=Sing 5 hold obj 8 about about ADP _ 9 it case 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 caucus nmod 10 " " PUNCT _ 3 propose punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 propose in a quote present I vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 hold in a quote present we a caucus about caucus vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent caucus=Theme about it=Location
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer "I move that the meeting adjourn"
punct nsubj mark det compound ccomp punct root " PUNCT I PRON move VERB that SCONJ the DET meeting NOUN adjourn NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 3 move punct 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 move nsubj 3 move move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 that that SCONJ _ 7 adjourn mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 adjourn det 6 meeting meeting NOUN Number=Sing 7 adjourn compound 7 adjourn adjourn NOUN Number=Sing 3 move ccomp 8 " " PUNCT _ 7 adjourn punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 move in a quote present I vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 "Hush now"
punct advmod punct root " PUNCT Hush VERB now ADV " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Hush punct 2 Hush hush VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 now now ADV PronType=Dem 2 Hush advmod 4 " " PUNCT _ 2 Hush punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hush in a quote imperative you not said here now vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
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