Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate… Gran, from Edinburgh: "Yon beastie's no' very helpful, but it gave her a clue, ken." ("yon" = that, "beastie" = little creature.) What was the clue?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: no, that, clue · What happens: give, beastie, be · To what, where: clue, Edinburgh
This is test 10 · ★★ 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: Gran, from Edinburgh: "Yon beastie's no' very helpful, but it gave her a clue, ken."
nsubj punct case conj punct punct compound nmod:poss case nsubj punct advmod punct cc nsubj conj iobj det obj punct conj punct punct root Gran PROPN , PUNCT from ADP Edinburgh PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Yon PROPN beastie NOUN 's PART no NOUN ' PUNCT very ADV helpful ADJ , PUNCT but CCONJ it PRON gave VERB her PRON a DET clue NOUN , PUNCT ken NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 13 helpful nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 Edinburgh punct 3 from from ADP _ 4 Edinburgh case 4 Edinburgh Edinburgh PROPN Number=Sing 1 Gran conj 5 : : PUNCT _ 13 helpful punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 no punct 7 Yon Yon PROPN Number=Sing 8 beastie compound 8 beastie beastie NOUN Number=Sing 10 no nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 beastie case 10 no no NOUN Number=Sing 13 helpful nsubj 11 ' ' PUNCT _ 10 no punct 12 very very ADV _ 13 helpful advmod 13 helpful helpful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 14 , , PUNCT _ 17 gave punct 15 but but CCONJ _ 17 gave cc 16 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 gave nsubj 17 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 helpful conj 18 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 gave iobj 19 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 20 clue det 20 clue clue NOUN Number=Sing 17 gave obj 21 , , PUNCT _ 22 ken punct 22 ken ken NOUN Number=Sing 20 clue conj 23 . . PUNCT _ 13 helpful punct 24 " " PUNCT _ 13 helpful punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give in a quote past no a clue and ken Edinburgh vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clue=Theme
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: ("yon" = that, "beastie" = little creature.)
punct punct punct punct nsubj punct punct appos punct punct amod conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT yon NOUN " PUNCT = SYM that PRON , PUNCT " PUNCT beastie NOUN " PUNCT = SYM little ADJ creature NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 yon punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 yon punct 3 yon yon NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 yon punct 5 = = SYM _ 9 beastie punct 6 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 beastie nsubj 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 beastie punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 beastie punct 9 beastie beastie NOUN Number=Sing 3 yon appos 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 beastie punct 11 = = SYM _ 13 creature punct 12 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 13 creature amod 13 creature creature NOUN Number=Sing 9 beastie conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 9 beastie punct 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 yon punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 beastie in a quote that tree rules
Sentence 3: What was the clue?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON was AUX the DET clue NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 clue det 4 clue clue NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past the clue tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice One side of the mushroom makes you taller, and the other side makes you shorter again, very quickly
The tree, 18 words nummod nsubj case det nmod obj xcomp punct cc det amod nsubj conj obj xcomp advmod punct advmod advmod root One NUM side NOUN of ADP the DET mushroom NOUN makes VERB you PRON taller ADJ , PUNCT and CCONJ the DET other ADJ side NOUN makes VERB you PRON shorter ADJ again ADV , PUNCT very ADV quickly ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 side nummod 2 side side NOUN Number=Sing 6 makes nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 mushroom case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 mushroom det 5 mushroom mushroom NOUN Number=Sing 2 side nmod 6 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 makes obj 8 taller tall ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 makes xcomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 14 makes punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 14 makes cc 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 side det 12 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 13 side amod 13 side side NOUN Number=Sing 14 makes nsubj 14 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 makes conj 15 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 14 makes obj 16 shorter short ADJ Degree=Cmp 14 makes xcomp 17 again again ADV _ 16 shorter advmod 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 very punct 19 very very ADV _ 20 quickly advmod 20 quickly quickly ADV _ 6 makes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present One side of the mushroom you quickly, tall property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product 2 make present the other side you short property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer One side of the mushroom makes you taller, the other shorter
nummod nsubj case det nmod obj xcomp punct det obl xcomp root One NUM side NOUN of ADP the DET mushroom NOUN makes VERB you PRON taller ADJ , PUNCT the DET other ADJ shorter ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 side nummod 2 side side NOUN Number=Sing 6 makes nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 mushroom case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 mushroom det 5 mushroom mushroom NOUN Number=Sing 2 side nmod 6 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 makes obj 8 taller tall ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 makes xcomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 8 taller punct 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 other det 11 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 8 taller obl 12 shorter short ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 makes xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present One side of the mushroom you short, tall property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product
Option 3 One side of the mushroom makes you taller and the other side makes you shorter, so choose wisely each time
The tree, 20 words nummod nsubj case det nmod obj xcomp cc det amod nsubj conj obj xcomp punct advmod parataxis advmod det obj root One NUM side NOUN of ADP the DET mushroom NOUN makes VERB you PRON taller ADJ and CCONJ the DET other ADJ side NOUN makes VERB you PRON shorter ADJ , PUNCT so ADV choose VERB wisely ADV each DET time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 side nummod 2 side side NOUN Number=Sing 6 makes nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 mushroom case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 mushroom det 5 mushroom mushroom NOUN Number=Sing 2 side nmod 6 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 makes obj 8 taller tall ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 makes xcomp 9 and and CCONJ _ 13 makes cc 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 side det 11 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 12 side amod 12 side side NOUN Number=Sing 13 makes nsubj 13 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 makes conj 14 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 13 makes obj 15 shorter short ADJ Degree=Cmp 13 makes xcomp 16 , , PUNCT _ 18 choose punct 17 so so ADV _ 18 choose advmod 18 choose choose VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 6 makes parataxis 19 wisely wisely ADV _ 18 choose advmod 20 each each DET PronType=Tot 21 time det 21 time time NOUN Number=Sing 18 choose obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present One side of the mushroom you tall property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product 2 make present the other side you short property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product 3 choose infinitive time wisely property vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 4 The left side keeps you small and the right side makes you big
det amod nsubj obj xcomp cc det amod nsubj conj obj xcomp root The DET left ADJ side NOUN keeps VERB you PRON small ADJ and CCONJ the DET right ADJ side NOUN makes VERB you PRON big ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 side det 2 left left ADJ Degree=Pos 3 side amod 3 side side NOUN Number=Sing 4 keeps nsubj 4 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 keeps obj 6 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 4 keeps xcomp 7 and and CCONJ _ 11 makes cc 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 side det 9 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 10 side amod 10 side side NOUN Number=Sing 11 makes nsubj 11 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 keeps conj 12 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 makes obj 13 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 11 makes xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep present the left side you small property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme 2 make present the right side you big property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product
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