Test 13 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…

Looking back to chapter I: Alice checked the first bottle for "poison". What does she check this time?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice, I · What happens: look back, chapter, check · To what, where: first bottle

This is test 13 · ★★ 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 to chapter I: Alice checked the first bottle for "poison".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 checked	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 chapter	mark
4	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 chapter	nsubj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 checked	nsubj
8	checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bottle	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 bottle	amod
11	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 checked	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 poison	case
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 poison	punct
14	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 checked	obl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 poison	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 checked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	chapter		I			tree rules
3	check	past	Alice	the first bottle	for poison	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme for poison=Attribute

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 does she check this time?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 check	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 check	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 check	nsubj
4	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 check	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 check	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	present · do-support	Alice				time		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1

Nothing; she does not check the label at all, but first she sniffs the bottle for poison and then drinks

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 check	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 check	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 check	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 check	advmod
6	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nothing	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 label	det
8	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 check	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 check	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sniffs	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 sniffs	cc
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 sniffs	advmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sniffs	nsubj
15	sniffs	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 check	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bottle	det
17	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sniffs	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 poison	case
19	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bottle	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 drinks	cc
21	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 drinks	advmod
22	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 bottle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not check	present · do-support	she	the label		all			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Theme
2	sniff	present	she	the bottle and drinks				for poison; first property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme

Option 2

Nothing; there is no label, so she checks the colour in the light and then she drinks it all

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 is	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 is	expl
4	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	parataxis
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 label	det
6	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 is	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 checks	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 checks	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 checks	nsubj
10	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 is	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 colour	det
12	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 checks	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 light	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 light	det
15	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 checks	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 drinks	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 drinks	advmod
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 drinks	nsubj
19	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 is	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 drinks	obj
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	be	present	no label		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	check	present	label	the colour	the light		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Theme
3	drink	present	label	colour		then	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nothing; there is no label and she just drinks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 is	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 is	expl
4	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	parataxis
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 label	det
6	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 is	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drinks	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 drinks	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 drinks	advmod
10	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 is	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no label			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drink	present	label						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She tastes it carefully to see if it is poison

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 tastes	nsubj
2	tastes	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tastes	obj
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	2 tastes	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tastes	advcl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 poison	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 poison	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 poison	cop
10	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	taste	present	She	it	carefully property	vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme it=Attribute
2	see	to-infinitive	She not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	it	poison		tree rules

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