Test 7 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…

Grandad, grumpy: "Back in my day a girl that size would've been in the circus." What does Alice herself think about her strange life?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, Alice · What happens: be, think · To what, where: day, circus

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Grandad, grumpy: "Back in my day a girl that size would've been in the circus."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 grumpy	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 grumpy	punct
3	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Back	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Back	punct
6	Back	back	ADV	_	3 grumpy	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 day	nmod:poss
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Back	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 girl	det
11	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 circus	nsubj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 size	det
13	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 girl	nmod:unmarked
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 circus	aux
15	've	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 circus	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 circus	cop
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 circus	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 circus	det
19	circus	circus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 day	acl:relcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grumpy	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 grumpy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	would · perfect	a girl that size	my day not said here		the circus			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.

Sentence 2: What does Alice herself think about her strange life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 Alice	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
4	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 think	nsubj
5	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 life	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 life	nmod:poss
8	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 life	amod
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 think	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Alice					about Alice's strange life	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about life=Topic

The options

Option 1

Much pleasanter at home, and yet rather curious, though she is not sure what to do next about it all

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Much	much	ADV	_	2 pleasanter	advmod
2	pleasanter	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 home	case
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pleasanter	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 curious	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 curious	cc
7	yet	yet	ADV	_	9 curious	advmod
8	rather	rather	ADV	_	9 curious	advmod
9	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pleasanter	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sure	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 sure	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sure	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sure	cop
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 sure	advmod
15	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pleasanter	parataxis
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 do	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 do	mark
18	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	21 it	aux
19	next	next	ADV	_	18 do	advmod
20	about	about	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sure	ccomp
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	she					sure property	tree rules

Option 2

She thinks it is dull and rather silly here

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 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dull	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dull	cop
5	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 silly	cc
7	rather	rather	ADV	_	8 silly	advmod
8	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dull	conj
9	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 thinks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	She	here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it		dull property	tree rules
3	be					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Much pleasanter at home, and yet rather curious

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Much	much	ADV	_	2 pleasanter	advmod
2	pleasanter	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 home	case
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pleasanter	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 curious	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 curious	cc
7	yet	yet	ADV	_	9 curious	advmod
8	rather	rather	ADV	_	9 curious	advmod
9	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pleasanter	parataxis

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She feels it is much pleasanter at home, and she wishes she had stayed by the fire

The tree, 17 words

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 feels	nsubj
2	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pleasanter	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pleasanter	cop
5	much	much	ADV	_	6 pleasanter	advmod
6	pleasanter	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 feels	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 home	case
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pleasanter	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wishes	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wishes	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wishes	nsubj
12	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 feels	conj
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 stayed	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 stayed	aux
15	stayed	stay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 wishes	ccomp
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 fire	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fire	det
18	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	feel	present	She			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	it	home	pleasant property	tree rules
3	wish	present	she			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	stay	past · perfect	she		by the fire	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location

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