Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…
★★★ Read carefully: Alice says a cake "can't possibly make me larger". Was she sure, or did she just suppose?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★, Alice · What happens: read, say, not make, be, suppose · To what, where: cake, Alice · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 15 · ★★ 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: ★★★ Read carefully: Alice says a cake "can't possibly make me larger".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Read | nsubj |
| 4 | Read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 4 Read | advmod |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 7 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Read | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cake | det |
| 10 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 make | punct |
| 12 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 make | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 make | advmod |
| 14 | possibly | possibly | ADV | _ | 15 make | advmod |
| 15 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 says | ccomp |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 make | obj |
| 17 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 15 make | xcomp |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 make | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 Read | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | infinitive | ★ ★ | carefully property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Alice | a cake | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not make in a quote | can | Alice | large, possibly property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product |
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: Was she sure, or did she just suppose?
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 sure | cop |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sure | nsubj |
| 3 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 suppose | punct |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 suppose | cc |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 suppose | aux |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 suppose | nsubj |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 suppose | advmod |
| 9 | suppose | suppose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sure | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sure | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Alice | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | suppose | past · do-support | Alice | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
She was certain the cake would grow her
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 | 3 certain | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 certain | cop |
| 3 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cake | det |
| 5 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 grow | nsubj |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 grow | aux |
| 7 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 certain | ccomp |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 grow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | certain property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | would | the cake | her = she | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme |
Option 2
She was completely sure of the outcome
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 | 4 sure | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sure | cop |
| 3 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 4 sure | advmod |
| 4 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 outcome | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 outcome | det |
| 7 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sure | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | of the outcome; completely, sure property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
She was sure
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 | 3 sure | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sure | cop |
| 3 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | sure property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She just supposed: "it must make me smaller, I suppose"
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 | 3 supposed | nsubj |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 supposed | advmod |
| 3 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 make | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 make | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 make | nsubj |
| 7 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 make | aux |
| 8 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 supposed | ccomp |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 make | obj |
| 10 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 make | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 suppose | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 suppose | nsubj |
| 13 | suppose | suppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 make | parataxis |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suppose | past | She | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make in a quote | must | it | me | small property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material i=Product | |||
| 3 | suppose in a quote | present | I | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
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