Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate…
★★★ Father William says "I have answered three questions". Count the son's questions in the poem (standing on his head, the somersault, the goose, the eel). How many did the son ask?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ ★, you, poem, son · What happens: say, answer, count, stand, question, ask · To what, where: three questions, questions, poem, somersault, head, many · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 15 · ★★ 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: ★★★ Father William says "I have answered three questions".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 5 William | case |
| 4 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 William | compound |
| 5 | William | William | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 answered | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 answered | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 answered | aux |
| 10 | answered | answer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 says | ccomp |
| 11 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 questions | nummod |
| 12 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 answered | obj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 answered | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ ★ ★ Father William | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert in a quote | present · perfect | ★ ★ ★ Father William = ★ | three questions | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |
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: Count the son's questions in the poem (standing on his head, the somersault, the goose, the eel).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 son | det |
| 3 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 questions | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 son | case |
| 5 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Count | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 poem | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 poem | det |
| 8 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Count | obl |
| 9 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 10 standing | punct |
| 10 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 poem | acl |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 head | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 head | nmod:poss |
| 13 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 standing | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 somersault | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 somersault | det |
| 16 | somersault | somersault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 standing | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 goose | punct |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 goose | det |
| 19 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 somersault | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 eel | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 eel | det |
| 22 | eel | eel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 somersault | conj |
| 23 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 10 standing | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | the son's questions | the poem | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Theme | |||
| 2 | stand | gerund | the poem not said here | the somersault and the goose and the eel | ★'s head | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location | |||
| 3 | question | the son | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Sentence 3: How many did the son ask?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ask | obj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ask | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 son | det |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ask | nsubj |
| 6 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past · do-support | the son | many | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent many=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Four
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
One
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Three
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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