Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate…

★★★ So which question did Father William refuse to answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ ★, Father · What happens: do, refuse, not answer

This is test 16 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	nsubj
4	So	so	ADV	_	7 did	advmod
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 question	det
6	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 refuse	nsubj
9	William	William	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Father	flat
10	refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 did	ccomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 answer	mark
12	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 refuse	xcomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	do	past	★ ★	tree rules
2	refuse	present	Father	vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	Father not said here	vn reciprocate-112-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

How he balanced an eel on his nose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 balanced	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 balanced	nsubj
3	balanced	balance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 eel	det
5	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 balanced	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 nose	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nose	nmod:poss
8	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 balanced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	balance	past	he	a eel		his nose			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent eel=Theme on nose=Location

Option 2

How he came to eat the eel for lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 came	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 eat	mark
5	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 came	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eel	det
7	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eat	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 lunch	case
9	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	he						tree rules
2	eat	to-infinitive	he not said here	the eel				for lunch	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eel=Patient

Option 3

How he stood on his head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 stood	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 head	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	he			his head			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location

Option 4

How he balanced an eel on his nose, and also how he kept his jaw so strong

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 balanced	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 balanced	nsubj
3	balanced	balance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 kept	advcl
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 eel	det
5	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 balanced	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 nose	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nose	nmod:poss
8	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 balanced	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kept	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 kept	cc
11	also	also	ADV	_	14 kept	advmod
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 kept	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 kept	nsubj
14	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 jaw	nmod:poss
16	jaw	jaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kept	obj
17	so	so	ADV	_	18 strong	advmod
18	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	balance	past	he	a eel		his nose			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent eel=Theme on nose=Location
2	keep	past	he	his jaw				strong property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jaw=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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