Test 8 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…

Why does Alice say "How can you learn lessons in here?"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice, you · What happens: say, learn · To what, where: lessons · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 learn	punct
6	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 learn	advmod
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 learn	aux
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 learn	nsubj
9	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	ccomp
10	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 learn	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 here	case
12	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 learn	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 learn	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 learn	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present · do-support	Alice						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	learn in a quote	can	you	lessons					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic

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 house is so small that the Rabbit has hung all her lesson-books on the wall, leaving her nowhere to sit

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 small	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 small	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 small	advmod
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 hung	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rabbit	det
8	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hung	nsubj:pass
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hung	aux
10	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 small	advcl
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 books	det:predet
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 books	nmod:poss
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 books	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 lesson	punct
15	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hung	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 wall	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wall	det
18	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 books	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 leaving	punct
20	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 small	parataxis
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 leaving	obj
22	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 leaving	advmod
23	to	to	PART	_	24 sit	mark
24	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 leaving	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the house		small property	tree rules
2	hang	present · perfect · passive		the Rabbit		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient book=Result
3	leave	gerund		Rabbit	nowhere property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4	sit	to-infinitive				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

There is hardly room for her, and none for lesson-books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	2 is	advmod
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 room	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 none	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 none	cc
9	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	2 is	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 books	case
11	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 books	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 lesson	punct
13	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 none	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	room for her			there		hardly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

There is hardly room for her, and none for lesson-books, because the room is now too small to hold her and her things

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	2 is	advmod
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 room	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 none	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 none	cc
9	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	2 is	parataxis
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 books	case
11	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 books	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 lesson	punct
13	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 none	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 small	punct
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	21 small	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 room	det
17	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 small	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 small	cop
19	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 small	advmod
20	too	too	ADV	_	21 small	advmod
21	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 none	parataxis
22	to	to	PART	_	23 hold	mark
23	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 small	advcl
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 hold	obj
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 things	cc
26	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 things	nmod:poss
27	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 hold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	room for her		there		hardly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the room			now	small property	tree rules
3	hold	to-infinitive	the room not said here	room				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4

Her lesson books are lost in the great hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 books	nmod:poss
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 books	compound
3	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lost	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux:pass
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 hall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hall	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hall	amod
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		Her lesson books		the great hall			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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