Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

Megan from the Valleys: "Alice was tamping, kicking that lizard!" ("tamping" = furious, in Wales.) Was Alice furious when she kicked?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice, tamping · What happens: tamp, kick, be

This is test 10 · ★★ 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: Megan from the Valleys: "Alice was tamping, kicking that lizard!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Megan	Megan	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 Valleys	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Valleys	det
4	Valleys	Valley	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 Megan	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 tamping	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 tamping	punct
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 tamping	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 tamping	aux
9	tamping	tamp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Megan	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kicking	punct
11	kicking	kick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 tamping	conj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 lizard	mark
13	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kicking	advcl
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Megan	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Megan	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tamp in a quote	past · progressive	Alice						vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	kick in a quote	gerund	Alice not said here						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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: ("tamping" = furious, in Wales.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 furious	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 tamping	punct
3	tamping	tamping	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 furious	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 tamping	punct
5	=	=	SYM	_	6 furious	punct
6	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Wales	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Wales	case
9	Wales	Wales	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 furious	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 furious	punct
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 furious	punct

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

Sentence 3: Was Alice furious when she kicked?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 furious	cop
2	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 furious	compound
3	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kicked	advcl
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 kicked	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kicked	nsubj
6	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 kicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	tamping not said here					furious property	tree rules
2	kick	past	tamping						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No: she wanted to stop whatever was coming, not to hurt it out of anger

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 wanted	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
7	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 coming	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 coming	aux
9	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 stop	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hurt	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 hurt	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 hurt	mark
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stop	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hurt	obj
15	out	out	ADP	_	17 anger	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 anger	case
17	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	want	past	she			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	come	past · progressive	whatever			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not hurt	to-infinitive	she not said here	it	anger	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient

Option 2

No: she was only trying to get some attention from the lizard in the chimney

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 trying	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 trying	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 trying	aux
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 trying	advmod
6	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 get	mark
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 trying	xcomp
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 attention	det
10	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 lizard	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lizard	det
13	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 chimney	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 chimney	det
16	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · progressive	she						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	some attention		the lizard		in the chimney	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent attention=Theme from lizard=Source

Option 3

Not at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 all	advmod
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	root	root

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

Option 4

Yes: she kicked it out of pure anger and wanted to hurt the lizard badly

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 kicked	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 kicked	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	nsubj
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 anger	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 anger	case
8	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 anger	amod
9	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wanted	cc
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kicked	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 hurt	mark
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wanted	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 lizard	det
15	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hurt	obj
16	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 hurt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	kick	past	she	it	pure anger		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient out anger=Location
2	want	past	she not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	hurt not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	the lizard		badly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lizard=Patient

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