Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long t…
★★★ At the start of the prize-giving Alice had a box of comfits and a thimble. What did she have at the end of it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, ★ · What happens: give, have, start · To what, where: box, giving Alice, end
This is test 15 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: ★★★ At the start of the prize-giving Alice had a box of comfits and a thimble.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | nsubj |
| 4 | At | at | ADP | _ | 6 start | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 start | det |
| 6 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Alice | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Alice | det |
| 9 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 giving | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 prize | punct |
| 11 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 Alice | amod |
| 12 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 start | nmod |
| 13 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 box | det |
| 15 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 comfits | case |
| 17 | comfits | comfit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 box | nmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 thimble | cc |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 thimble | det |
| 20 | thimble | thimble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 comfits | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | have | past | ★ ★ ★ at the start of the giving Alice | a box of comfits and a thimble | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient | ||||
| 3 | start | the giving Alice | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |
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: What did she have at the end of it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 have | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 end | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past · do-support | ★ | at the end of end | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Just her own thimble, which the Dodo had returned, and a box of comfits from the Mouse
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 4 thimble | advmod |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 thimble | nmod:poss |
| 3 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thimble | amod |
| 4 | thimble | thimble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 returned | punct |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 returned | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Dodo | det |
| 8 | Dodo | Dodo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 returned | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 returned | aux |
| 10 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 thimble | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 box | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 box | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 box | det |
| 14 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thimble | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 comfits | case |
| 16 | comfits | comfit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 box | nmod |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 Mouse | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Mouse | det |
| 19 | Mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 comfits | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past · perfect | the Dodo | her own thimble and a box of comfits from the Mouse | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Just her own thimble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 4 thimble | advmod |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 thimble | nmod:poss |
| 3 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thimble | amod |
| 4 | thimble | thimble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Just her own thimble and the Dodo's gold ring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 4 thimble | advmod |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 thimble | nmod:poss |
| 3 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thimble | amod |
| 4 | thimble | thimble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 ring | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Dodo | det |
| 7 | Dodo | Dodo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 ring | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Dodo | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ring | compound |
| 10 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thimble | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Her thimble and a comfit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 thimble | nmod:poss |
| 2 | thimble | thimble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 comfit | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 comfit | det |
| 5 | comfit | comfit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thimble | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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