Test 5 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate…

Old Mr Jenkins, rough: "Kick you down the stairs, the cheek of it! Lad's asking for it." Who says that line in the poem?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: kick down, ask, say · To what, where: you, line, poem · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Old Mr Jenkins, rough: "Kick you down the stairs, the cheek of it!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Mr	amod
2	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rough	nsubj
3	Jenkins	Jenkins	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mr	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rough	punct
5	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 Kick	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Kick	punct
8	Kick	kick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 rough	parataxis
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 Kick	obj
10	down	down	ADP	_	8 Kick	compound:prt
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stairs	det
12	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Kick	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cheek	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cheek	det
15	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stairs	appos
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cheek	nmod
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 rough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick down in a quote	infinitive		you				the stairs obl	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent you=Patient

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: Lad's asking for it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lad	Lad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 asking	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Lad	case
3	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asking	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asking	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 asking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund						for cheek	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Who says that line in the poem?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 line	det
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 poem	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 poem	det
7	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 line	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present		that line		the poem			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent line=Theme in poem=Manner

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Caterpillar, to Alice, after she recited the poem so badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Caterpillar	det
2	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 recited	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Alice	punct
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Alice	case
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Caterpillar	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 recited	punct
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 recited	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 recited	nsubj
9	recited	recite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 poem	det
11	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recited	obj
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 badly	advmod
13	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 recited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recite	past	the Caterpillar and Alice	the poem				badly property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme

Option 2

Father William, to his son, after the eel was balanced on his nose

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	William	William	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Father	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 son	punct
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 son	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 son	nmod:poss
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Father	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 balanced	punct
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	12 balanced	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 eel	det
10	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 balanced	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 balanced	aux:pass
12	balanced	balance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Father	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 nose	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 nose	nmod:poss
15	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 balanced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	balance	past · passive		the eel		Father's nose			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on nose=Location

Option 3

Alice, to the Caterpillar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Caterpillar	punct
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 Caterpillar	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Caterpillar	det
5	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Alice	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Father William, to his son

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	William	William	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Father	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 son	punct
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 son	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 son	nmod:poss
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Father	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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