Test 17 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…

★★★ Read carefully: was Alice right to be afraid of the Rabbit?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ · What happens: read, be · To what, where: Alice right

This is test 17 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Read	nsubj
4	Read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	4 Read	advmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 right	punct
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 right	cop
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 right	compound
9	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Read	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	12 afraid	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 afraid	cop
12	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 right	acl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Rabbit	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rabbit	det
15	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 afraid	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	read	infinitive	★ ★		carefully property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		Alice right		tree rules
3	is	to-infinitive	★ ★ not said here		of the Rabbit; afraid 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

No: she was a thousand times larger and had no reason to fear him

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 larger	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 larger	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 larger	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 larger	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thousand	det
6	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 times	nummod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 larger	obl:unmarked
8	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 had	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 had	cc
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 reason	det
12	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 fear	mark
14	fear	fear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 reason	acl
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		time	large property	tree rules
2	have	past		no reason			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient
3	fear	to-infinitive		him = he			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 2

No: she was a thousand times larger, so the Rabbit was the one who ought to have been afraid of her and her elbow

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 one	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 larger	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 larger	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 larger	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thousand	det
6	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 times	nummod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 larger	obl:unmarked
8	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 one	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 one	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 one	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Rabbit	det
12	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 one	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 one	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 one	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 afraid	nsubj
17	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 afraid	aux
18	to	to	PART	_	21 afraid	mark
19	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 afraid	aux
20	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 afraid	cop
21	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 one	acl:relcl
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 her	case
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 afraid	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 elbow	cc
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 elbow	nmod:poss
26	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 afraid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		time	large property	tree rules
2	is a	past	the Rabbit	no larger one			tree rules
3	is	ought · perfect	no larger one			of Rabbit; afraid property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, he could hurt her with his strong paws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hurt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hurt	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hurt	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 paws	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 paws	nmod:poss
9	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 paws	amod
10	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	could	he	her = she				with his strong paws	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

No: she was a thousand times larger than him and had no reason at all to fear the little Rabbit in his house

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 larger	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 larger	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 larger	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 larger	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thousand	det
6	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 times	nummod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 larger	obl:unmarked
8	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 had	nsubj
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 larger	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 had	cc
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 reason	det
14	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 reason	nmod
17	to	to	PART	_	18 fear	mark
18	fear	fear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 reason	acl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Rabbit	det
20	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 Rabbit	amod
21	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 fear	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 house	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 house	nmod:poss
24	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she			time	than him = he; large property	tree rules
2	have	past	no larger	no reason	all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient
3	fear	to-infinitive	no larger not said here	the little Rabbit	Rabbit's house			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rabbit=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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