Test 7 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long t…
Danny, rough: "Hold your tongue, Ma!" Who says this, and to whom?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: hold, say · To what, where: tongue, this · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Danny, rough: "Hold your tongue, Ma!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny | Danny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 rough | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 rough | punct |
| 3 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Hold | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Hold | punct |
| 6 | Hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 rough | ccomp |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 8 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Hold | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Ma | punct |
| 10 | Ma | Ma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Hold | vocative |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 rough | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 rough | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold in a quote | infinitive | your tongue | Ma vocative | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme |
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: Who says this, and to whom?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 says | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 whom | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 whom | cc |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 whom | case |
| 7 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 says | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 whom | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | this | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Topic to whom=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
The Mouse, to the old Crab
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 | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mouse | punct |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Crab | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Crab | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Crab | amod |
| 7 | Crab | Crab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Mouse | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The Dodo, to the young Crab and her mother at the shore
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 | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Crab | punct |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Crab | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Crab | det |
| 6 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Crab | amod |
| 7 | Crab | Crab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Dodo | appos |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 mother | cc |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 mother | nmod:poss |
| 10 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Crab | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 shore | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 shore | det |
| 13 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mother | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The young Crab, to her mother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Crab | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Crab | amod |
| 3 | Crab | Crab | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Crab | punct |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 mother | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mother | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Crab | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The young Crab, to her mother, after the advice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Crab | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Crab | amod |
| 3 | Crab | Crab | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mother | punct |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 mother | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mother | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Crab | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Crab | punct |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 advice | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 advice | det |
| 11 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Crab | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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