Test 7 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

Mum, sarcastic: "Oh lovely, and NOW she calls it a dear little puppy." Why is that funny?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, that · What happens: call, be · To what, where: sarcastic · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Mum, sarcastic: "Oh lovely, and NOW she calls it a dear little puppy."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lovely	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sarcastic	punct
3	sarcastic	sarcastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 lovely	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 lovely	punct
6	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	7 lovely	discourse
7	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 calls	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 calls	cc
10	NOW	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 calls	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 calls	nsubj
12	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lovely	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 calls	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 puppy	det
15	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 puppy	amod
16	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 puppy	amod
17	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 calls	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 lovely	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 lovely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call in a quote	present	she	sarcastic			now		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

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: Why is that funny?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 funny	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 funny	cop
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 funny	nsubj
4	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 funny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					funny property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The puppy had just bitten her on the arm and she was sobbing loudly in the garden

The tree, 17 words

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 bitten	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bitten	aux
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 bitten	advmod
5	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bitten	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 arm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 arm	det
9	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bitten	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sobbing	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sobbing	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sobbing	aux
13	sobbing	sob	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 bitten	conj
14	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	13 sobbing	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 garden	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 garden	det
17	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sobbing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past · perfect · passive		the puppy		the arm			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient she=Result
2	sob	past · progressive	puppy					in the garden; loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in garden=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She was terrified of it a minute ago

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 terrified	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 terrified	cop
3	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 terrified	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 minute	det
7	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terrified	obl:unmarked
8	ago	ago	ADV	_	3 terrified	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She				minute	of it; ago, terrified property	tree rules

Option 3

She is joking about how a huge dangerous beast was suddenly a cute little pet to her

The tree, 17 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	3 joking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 joking	aux
3	joking	joke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	15 pet	case
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 pet	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 beast	det
7	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 beast	amod
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 beast	amod
9	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pet	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 pet	cop
11	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	15 pet	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pet	det
13	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pet	amod
14	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pet	amod
15	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 joking	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 joking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	joke speech: other	present · progressive	She		pet				vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	a huge dangerous beast					about a cute little pet; suddenly property	tree rules

Option 4

The puppy was really quite tiny

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	6 tiny	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tiny	cop
4	really	really	ADV	_	6 tiny	advmod
5	quite	quite	ADV	_	6 tiny	advmod
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the puppy					tiny property	tree rules

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