Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…
★★★ In the puppy's game it ran "a very little way forwards each time and a long way back". If it ran 1 step forward and 3 steps back each time, where was it after 4 charges?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, ★ · What happens: run, time, be · To what, where: 1 step, ★
This is test 16 · ★★ 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: ★★★ In the puppy's game it ran "a very little way forwards each time and a long way back".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | In | in | ADP | _ | 8 game | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 puppy | det |
| 6 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 game | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 puppy | case |
| 8 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | nmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 ran | nsubj |
| 10 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 way | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 way | det |
| 13 | very | very | ADV | _ | 14 little | advmod |
| 14 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 way | amod |
| 15 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ran | parataxis |
| 16 | forwards | forwards | ADV | _ | 15 way | advmod |
| 17 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 time | det |
| 18 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 way | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 way | cc |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 way | det |
| 21 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 way | amod |
| 22 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 time | conj |
| 23 | back | back | ADV | _ | 22 way | advmod |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 way | punct |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | ★ ★ ★ in the puppy's game | 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: If it ran 1 step forward and 3 steps back each time, where was it after 4 charges?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 ran | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ran | nsubj |
| 3 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 step | nummod |
| 5 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | obj |
| 6 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 3 ran | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 steps | cc |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 steps | nummod |
| 9 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 back | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 ran | advmod |
| 11 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 time | det |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 it | punct |
| 14 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 16 it | advmod |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 it | cop |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 time | nsubj |
| 17 | after | after | ADP | _ | 19 charges | case |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 charges | nummod |
| 19 | charges | charge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 it | nmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | ★ | 1 step | forward property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location step=Theme | |||
| 2 | time | ★ | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is a | past | ★ | after 4 charges | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
4 steps forward from the start
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 steps | nummod |
| 2 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 2 steps | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 start | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 start | det |
| 6 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 steps | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
8 steps behind where it started
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 steps | nummod |
| 2 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 6 started | mark |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 started | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 started | nsubj |
| 6 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 steps | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
4 steps behind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 steps | nummod |
| 2 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 2 steps | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
8 steps behind where it started, having walked back and forth through the whole field
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 steps | nummod |
| 2 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 walked | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 6 started | mark |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 started | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 started | nsubj |
| 6 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 steps | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 steps | punct |
| 8 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 walked | aux |
| 9 | walked | walk | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 walked | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 forth | cc |
| 12 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 10 back | conj |
| 13 | through | through | ADP | _ | 16 field | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 field | det |
| 15 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 field | amod |
| 16 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | walk back | gerund · perfect · passive | 8 steps | the whole field | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme through field=Trajectory |
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