Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…
What would have happened if the door had opened outwards?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, open · To what, where: door
This is test 3 · ★★ 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happened | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 happened | aux |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 opened | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 opened | aux |
| 9 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 happened | advcl |
| 10 | outwards | outwards | ADV | _ | 9 opened | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would · perfect | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | open a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect · passive | the door | outwards property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The Rabbit would have pushed it open
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rabbit | det |
| 2 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pushed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pushed | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 pushed | aux |
| 5 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pushed | obj |
| 7 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pushed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | would · perfect · passive | the Rabbit | open property | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination |
Option 2
The Rabbit could have opened it and come in, and then he would have seen Alice trapped in the room
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rabbit | det |
| 2 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 opened | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 opened | aux |
| 5 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 opened | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 come | cc |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 opened | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 come | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 seen | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 seen | cc |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 seen | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 seen | nsubj |
| 14 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 seen | aux |
| 15 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 seen | aux |
| 16 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 opened | advcl |
| 17 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 seen | obj |
| 18 | trapped | trap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 seen | conj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 room | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 room | det |
| 21 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 trapped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | could · perfect · passive | the Rabbit | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination | |||||
| 2 | come in | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | see | would · perfect | Rabbit | Alice | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer alice=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | trap | participle | Rabbit not said here | the room | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in room=Destination |
Option 3
The Rabbit could have opened it and come in, and perhaps the Duchess would have seen the trouble
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rabbit | det |
| 2 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 opened | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 opened | aux |
| 5 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 opened | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 come | cc |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 opened | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 come | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 seen | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 seen | cc |
| 12 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 17 seen | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Duchess | det |
| 14 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 seen | nsubj |
| 15 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 seen | aux |
| 16 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 seen | aux |
| 17 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 opened | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 trouble | det |
| 19 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 seen | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | could · perfect · passive | the Rabbit | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination | |||||
| 2 | come in | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | see | would · perfect | the Duchess | the trouble | perhaps property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trouble=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The Rabbit could have opened it and come in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rabbit | det |
| 2 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 opened | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 opened | aux |
| 5 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 opened | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 come | cc |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 opened | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | could · perfect · passive | the Rabbit | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination | |||||
| 2 | come in | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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