Test 1 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate…

Leo goes: "The Caterpillar was dead helpful, it explained everything nicely." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, Caterpillar, you · What happens: go, be, explain, put · To what, where: everything, Leo · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Caterpillar» 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: Leo goes: "The Caterpillar was dead helpful, it explained everything nicely."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 helpful	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 helpful	punct
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Caterpillar	det
6	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 helpful	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 helpful	cop
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 helpful	amod
9	helpful	helpful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 goes	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 explained	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 explained	nsubj
12	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 helpful	parataxis
13	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 explained	obj
14	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	12 explained	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	present	Leo			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	past	the Caterpillar		helpful property	tree rules
3	explain speech: assert in a quote	past	Caterpillar	everything	nicely property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic

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: Put him right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		Leo			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It was rude and quite long-winded, and gave many clues at once

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rude	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	cop
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 winded	cc
5	quite	quite	ADV	_	8 winded	advmod
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 winded	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 long	punct
8	winded	winded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rude	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gave	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gave	cc
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	conj
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 clues	amod
13	clues	clue	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 gave	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 once	case
15	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	It		rude property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	give	past		many clues		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent clue=Theme at once=Asset

Option 2

Leo is wrong, because it was very rude and short with her and only gave her one clue at the end

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rude	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 rude	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rude	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rude	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 rude	advmod
9	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wrong	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 short	cc
11	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wrong	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 short	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 gave	cc
15	only	only	ADV	_	16 gave	advmod
16	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	conj
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 gave	iobj
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 clue	nummod
19	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gave	obj
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 end	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 end	det
22	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Leo				wrong property	tree rules
2	is	past	it				rude property	tree rules
3	be		Leo not said here				with Leo	tree rules
4	give	past	Leo not said here	one clue	Leo	at the end		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clue=Theme at end=Asset

Option 3

It was kind and gave her lots of clues at the start

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kind	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	cop
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 gave	cc
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	iobj
7	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gave	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 clues	case
9	clues	clue	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lots	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 start	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 start	det
12	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					kind property	tree rules
2	give	past		lots of clues	her = she	the start			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Recipient lot=Theme at start=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was rude and short, and only gave one clue at the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rude	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	cop
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 short	cc
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rude	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gave	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gave	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 gave	advmod
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	conj
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 clue	nummod
11	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 end	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 end	det
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It			rude property	tree rules
2	be						tree rules
3	give	past		one clue	at the end		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent clue=Theme at end=Asset

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