Test 5 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…
Grandpa from Somerset: "That were a gurt big puppy, my lover." ("gurt" = great, very.) Why did the puppy seem so huge?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: That, puppy · What happens: be, seem · To what, where: gurt big puppy
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Grandpa from Somerset: "That were a gurt big puppy, my lover."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandpa | grandpa | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Somerset | case |
| 3 | Somerset | somerset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grandpa | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 puppy | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 puppy | punct |
| 6 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 puppy | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 puppy | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 puppy | det |
| 9 | gurt | gurt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 puppy | compound |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 puppy | amod |
| 11 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grandpa | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 lover | punct |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 lover | nmod:poss |
| 14 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 puppy | appos |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 lover | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 lover | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | That | a gurt big puppy | 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: ("gurt" = great, very.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 great | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 gurt | punct |
| 3 | gurt | gurt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 great | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 gurt | punct |
| 5 | = | = | SYM | _ | 6 great | punct |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 very | punct |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 great | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 great | punct |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 great | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Why did the puppy seem so huge?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 seem | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 seem | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 puppy | det |
| 4 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seem | nsubj |
| 5 | seem | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 huge | advmod |
| 7 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 seem | xcomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 seem | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | past · do-support | the puppy | huge property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Alice had shrunk very small
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shrunk | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 shrunk | aux |
| 3 | shrunk | shrink | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 small | advmod |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 shrunk | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink | past · perfect | Alice | small property | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
The puppy was really big
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 puppy | det |
| 2 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 big | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 big | cop |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 big | advmod |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the puppy | big property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The puppy had eaten a lot of food and grown very large that morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 puppy | det |
| 2 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eaten | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 eaten | aux |
| 4 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lot | det |
| 6 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eaten | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 food | case |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lot | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 grown | cc |
| 10 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 eaten | conj |
| 11 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 large | advmod |
| 12 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 grown | xcomp |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 morning | mark |
| 14 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 large | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past · perfect · passive | the puppy | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | grow | participle | large property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Alice had become a mouse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 become | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 become | aux |
| 3 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mouse | det |
| 5 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 become | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past · perfect | Alice | a mouse | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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