Test 11 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…

Looking back: in chapter II the Rabbit ran away in fright from giant Alice. How does he treat her at the start of chapter IV?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rabbit · What happens: look back, run away, treat, start · To what, where: fright, Alice, start, chapter

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the White Rabbit's house» 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: Looking back: in chapter II the Rabbit ran away in fright from giant Alice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 ran	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rabbit	det
8	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 ran	nsubj
9	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 ran	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 fright	case
12	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ran	obl
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 Alice	case
14	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Alice	amod
15	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 ran	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rabbit not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	run away	past	the Rabbit			fright		from giant Alice; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fright=Trajectory

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: How does he treat her at the start of chapter IV?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 treat	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 treat	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 treat	nsubj
4	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 treat	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 start	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 start	det
8	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 treat	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 chapter	case
10	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 start	nmod
11	IV	iv	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 chapter	appos
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 treat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	present · do-support	Rabbit		Alice	the start of chapter			vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	start			chapter					nom start «event transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

He orders her about, thinking she is his maid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 orders	nsubj
2	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 orders	obj
4	about	about	ADV	_	2 orders	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thinking	punct
6	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 orders	advcl
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 maid	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 maid	cop
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 maid	nmod:poss
10	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinking	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	order	present	He		her = she	about property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	think speech: other	gerund	He not said here				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	she	his maid			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He orders her about, thinking she is his maid, though she is now a giant who could crush him easily

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 orders	nsubj
2	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 orders	obj
4	about	about	ADV	_	2 orders	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thinking	punct
6	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 orders	advcl
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 maid	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 maid	cop
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 maid	nmod:poss
10	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinking	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 giant	punct
12	though	though	SCONJ	_	17 giant	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 giant	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 giant	cop
15	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 giant	advmod
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 giant	det
17	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 orders	parataxis
18	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 crush	nsubj
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 crush	aux
20	crush	crush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 giant	ccomp
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 crush	obj
22	easily	easily	ADV	_	20 crush	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	order	present	He		her = she		about property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	think speech: other	gerund	He not said here					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	she	his maid				tree rules
4	is	present	maid			now	giant property	tree rules
5	crush	could		him = he			easily property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

He orders her about, thinking she is his maid, and then he sends her off to fetch gloves from the hall

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 orders	nsubj
2	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 orders	obj
4	about	about	ADV	_	2 orders	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thinking	punct
6	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 orders	advcl
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 maid	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 maid	cop
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 maid	nmod:poss
10	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinking	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sends	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sends	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 sends	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sends	nsubj
15	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 orders	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sends	obj
17	off	off	ADP	_	15 sends	compound:prt
18	to	to	PART	_	19 fetch	mark
19	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 sends	advcl
20	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 fetch	obj
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 hall	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 hall	det
23	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	present	He		her = she			about property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	think speech: other	gerund	He not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	she	his maid					tree rules
4	send off	present	maid	her = she			then		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
5	fetch	to-infinitive	maid not said here	gloves		the hall			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent glove=Theme from hall=Source

Option 4

He asks her politely to leave his house at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asks	obj
4	politely	politely	ADV	_	2 asks	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 leave	mark
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asks	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 house	nmod:poss
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	He		her = she			politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive		his house					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent house=Theme at once=Location

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