Test 1 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

Ethan goes: "Alice kicked Bill 'cos she hates lizards." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ethan, Alice, you · What happens: go, kick, hate, put · To what, where: Bill, lizards · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the pebbles and the puppy» 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: Ethan goes: "Alice kicked Bill 'cos she hates lizards."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 kicked	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 kicked	punct
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 kicked	nsubj
6	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	parataxis
7	Bill	Bill	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 kicked	obj
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 Bill	punct
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 hates	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hates	nsubj
11	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 kicked	advcl
12	lizards	lizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hates	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	go	present	Ethan		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kick in a quote	past	Alice	Bill	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bill=Patient
3	hate in a quote	present	Alice	lizards	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lizard=Stimulus

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: Put him right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		Bill			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1

She kicked the lizard out of the house because she felt sorry for the Rabbit and his friends

The tree, 18 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 kicked	nsubj
2	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lizard	det
4	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kicked	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 house	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kicked	obl
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 felt	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 felt	nsubj
11	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kicked	advcl
12	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 felt	xcomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 Rabbit	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rabbit	det
15	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 felt	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 friends	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 friends	nmod:poss
18	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 Rabbit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	She	the lizard		the house			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lizard=Patient out house=Location
2	feel	past	she					for the Rabbit and his friends; sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She kicked because she was cross with Bill for coming down the chimney and making a mess of the whole house

The tree, 21 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 kicked	nsubj
2	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 cross	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cross	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cross	cop
6	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kicked	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 Bill	case
8	Bill	Bill	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cross	obl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 coming	mark
10	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 kicked	advcl
11	down	down	ADP	_	13 chimney	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 chimney	det
13	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coming	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 making	cc
15	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 coming	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 mess	det
17	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 making	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 house	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 house	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 house	amod
21	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mess	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kick	past	She			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	she		with Bill; cross property	tree rules
3	come down	gerund	She not said here	the chimney		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chimney=Theme
4	make	gerund	She not said here	a mess of the whole house		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mess=Product
5	mess			the whole house		nom mess «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

She kicked because she hated Bill so much

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 kicked	nsubj
2	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 hated	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hated	nsubj
5	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kicked	advcl
6	Bill	Bill	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kicked	vocative
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADV	_	2 kicked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	She					Bill vocative	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	hate	past	she						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She kicked to stop whatever was coming down the chimney

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 kicked	nsubj
2	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 kicked	xcomp
5	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 coming	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 coming	aux
7	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stop	xcomp
8	down	down	ADP	_	10 chimney	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 chimney	det
10	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	kick	past	She		tree rules
2	stop	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	come down	past · progressive	whatever	the chimney	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chimney=Theme

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