Test 8 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing…

Why did Alice ask "What is a Caucus-race?"?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: Caucus race · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 ask	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ask	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ask	nsubj
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 race	punct
6	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 race	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 race	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 race	det
9	Caucus	Caucus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 race	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Caucus	punct
11	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 race	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 race	punct
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · do-support	Alice						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present		a Caucus race					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.

The options

Option 1

The Mouse had said it was the best race ever, and she believed it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mouse	det
2	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	aux
4	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 race	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 race	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 race	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 race	amod
9	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 race	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 believed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 believed	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 believed	nsubj
14	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 believed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the Mouse		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	is a	past	Mouse	the best race	ever	tree rules
3	believe	past	she	Mouse		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

She wanted to know its meaning exactly

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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 meaning	nmod:poss
6	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	obj
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 know	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	She			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	its meaning	exactly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer meaning=Stimulus
3	mean		its = it			nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She had never heard such a long word before in her life, and it startled her

The tree, 16 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 heard	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 heard	advmod
4	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	8 word	det:predet
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 word	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 word	amod
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	obj
9	before	before	ADP	_	12 life	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 life	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 life	nmod:poss
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 startled	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 startled	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 startled	nsubj
16	startled	startle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	conj
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 startled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	past · perfect	She	such long word			before her life		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	startle	past	word	her = she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Dodo paused as if somebody ought to speak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dodo	det
2	Dodo	Dodo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 paused	nsubj
3	paused	pause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 speak	mark
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 speak	mark
6	somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 speak	nsubj
7	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 speak	aux
8	to	to	PART	_	9 speak	mark
9	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 paused	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pause	past	the Dodo						vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	speak speech: other	ought	somebody						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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