Test 17 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate…

★★★ Read carefully: the Caterpillar says "Of the mushroom" though Alice only thought "One side of what?". What is odd about that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★, Caterpillar, Alice · What happens: read, say, think, be · To what, where: One side · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ 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: ★★★ Read carefully: the Caterpillar says "Of the mushroom" though Alice only thought "One side of what?".

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	4 Read	nsubj
4	Read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	4 Read	advmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Caterpillar	det
8	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Read	advcl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 mushroom	punct
11	Of	of	ADP	_	13 mushroom	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mushroom	det
13	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 mushroom	punct
15	though	though	SCONJ	_	18 thought	mark
16	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 thought	nsubj
17	only	only	ADV	_	18 thought	advmod
18	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 mushroom	advcl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 side	punct
20	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 side	nummod
21	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 thought	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 what	case
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 side	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 side	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 side	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	read	infinitive	★ ★		carefully property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the Caterpillar			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	think speech: other	past	Alice	One side		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot side=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: What is odd about that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 odd	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 odd	cop
3	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 odd	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 odd	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about that; odd property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It answered a question she only thought, not said

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	2 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 question	det
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answered	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thought	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 thought	advmod
7	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 question	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 said	advmod
10	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 answered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	It	a question	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality
2	think speech: other	past	she	a question not said here	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot question=Theme
3	not say speech: assert	participle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It answered a question she never said aloud, which means it either read her mind or she spoke without knowing it

The tree, 21 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	2 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 question	det
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answered	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 said	advmod
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 question	acl:relcl
8	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	7 said	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 means	nsubj
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 question	advcl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 read	nsubj
13	either	either	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 read	advmod
14	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 means	ccomp
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mind	nmod:poss
16	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 read	obj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 spoke	cc
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 spoke	nsubj
19	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 read	conj
20	without	without	SCONJ	_	21 knowing	mark
21	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 spoke	advcl
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 knowing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	It	a question		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality
2	not say speech: assert	past	she	a question not said here	aloud property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent question=Topic
3	mean	present	a question			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	read	past	question	her mind	either property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Topic
5	speak speech: other	past	she			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	know	gerund	she not said here	mind		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
7	mind		her = she			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It answered a question she never said aloud, and then went on to explain the mushroom at great length to her

The tree, 21 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	2 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 question	det
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answered	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 said	advmod
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 question	acl:relcl
8	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	7 said	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 went	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 went	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 went	advmod
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 answered	conj
13	on	on	ADV	_	12 went	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 explain	mark
15	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 went	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mushroom	det
17	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 explain	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 length	case
19	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 length	amod
20	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 explain	obl
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 her	case
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 explain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	It	a question					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality
2	not say speech: assert	past	she	a question not said here				aloud property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent question=Topic
3	go on	past					then		vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive		the mushroom	her = she	great length			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent mushroom=Topic to she=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It answered a question she never said aloud

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	2 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 question	det
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answered	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 said	advmod
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 question	acl:relcl
8	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	7 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	It	a question					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality
2	not say speech: assert	past	she	a question not said here				aloud property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent question=Topic

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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