Test 9 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

What would a real caterpillar never do that this one does?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one · What happens: not do, do · To what, where: real caterpillar

This is test 9 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 caterpillar	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 caterpillar	amod
5	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 do	advmod
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 does	mark
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 does	nsubj
11	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	would		a real caterpillar					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	this one						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Smoke a hookah with its arms folded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smoke	smoke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hookah	det
3	hookah	hookah	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Smoke	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 arms	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 arms	nmod:poss
6	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Smoke	obl
7	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 arms	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smoke	imperative	you not said here	a hookah				with hookah's arms	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hookah=Patient with arm=Instrument
2	fold	participle		hookah's arms not said here					vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Sit calmly on a mushroom and speak to a young girl passing by in the wood

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Sit	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 mushroom	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mushroom	det
5	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sit	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 speak	cc
7	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Sit	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 girl	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 girl	det
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 girl	amod
11	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speak	obl
12	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 girl	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 wood	case
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 wood	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wood	det
16	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 passing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here	a mushroom	calmly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on mushroom=Location
2	speak speech: other	infinitive	you not said here		to a young girl	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to girl=Co-Agent
3	pass	gerund	a young girl not said here		by the wood	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by wood=Location

Option 3

Wear a hat and sit on a stool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hat	det
3	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wear	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sit	cc
5	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wear	conj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 stool	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stool	det
8	stool	stool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	imperative	you not said here	a hat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme
2	sit	present	you not said here			a stool			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stool=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Sit on top of a mushroom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 top	case
3	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sit	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 mushroom	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mushroom	det
6	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 top	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here			top of a mushroom			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location

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