Test 13 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long t…

How is Alice the same now as at the end of chapter II's first part, alone in the hall?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: be

This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 same	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 same	cop
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 same	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 same	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 same	advmod
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 end	case
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 now	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 chapter	case
12	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	conj
13	II	II	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 part	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 II	case
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 part	amod
16	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chapter	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 alone	punct
18	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 same	advmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 hall	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hall	det
21	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 alone	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 same	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Alice				now	alone, same property	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 right answer

She is alone again, crying and hoping someone will come

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	6 crying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 crying	cop
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 again	advmod
4	again	again	ADV	_	6 crying	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crying	punct
6	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hoping	cc
8	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 crying	conj
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 come	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 come	aux
11	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hoping	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She	again	cry property	tree rules
2	hope	gerund	She not said here			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	come	future	someone			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She is lonely and sitting in the grass by the pool

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	3 lonely	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lonely	cop
3	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sitting	cc
5	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 lonely	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 grass	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grass	det
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 pool	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pool	det
11	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					lonely property	tree rules
2	sit	gerund	She not said here			the grass		by the pool	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location

Option 3

She is alone again, crying and hoping someone will come to save her from the sea and tide

The tree, 18 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	6 crying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 crying	cop
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 again	advmod
4	again	again	ADV	_	6 crying	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crying	punct
6	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hoping	cc
8	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 crying	conj
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 come	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 come	aux
11	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hoping	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 save	mark
13	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 come	xcomp
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 save	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 sea	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sea	det
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 save	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 tide	cc
19	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			again	cry property	tree rules
2	hope	gerund	She not said here					vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	come	future	someone					tree rules
4	save	to-infinitive	someone not said here	her = she	the sea and tide			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from sea=Source

Option 4

She is alone again, crying and hoping someone will come, just as she was at the start of the chapter

The tree, 20 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	6 crying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 crying	cop
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 again	advmod
4	again	again	ADV	_	6 crying	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crying	punct
6	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hoping	cc
8	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 crying	conj
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 come	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 come	aux
11	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hoping	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 start	punct
13	just	just	ADV	_	19 start	advmod
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 start	mark
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 start	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 start	cop
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 start	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 start	det
19	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crying	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 chapter	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 chapter	det
22	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 start	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		again	cry property	tree rules
2	hope	gerund	She not said here				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	come	future	someone				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	past	she	the start		of the chapter	tree rules

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