Test 6 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate…

True or false: Alice says the poem perfectly.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: say · To what, where: poem · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 false	cc
3	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 True	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 poem	det
8	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	obj
9	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	6 says	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Alice	the poem				perfectly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent poem=Topic

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

True, it's perfect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 perfect	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 perfect	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 perfect	cop
5	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					perfect property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

False: some words got altered, the Caterpillar says it's all wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 altered	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 altered	punct
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 words	det
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 altered	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 altered	aux:pass
6	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 says	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 altered	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Caterpillar	det
9	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wrong	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 wrong	cop
13	all	all	ADV	_	14 wrong	advmod
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	alter	past · passive		some words		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	the Caterpillar			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	Caterpillar		all, wrong property	tree rules

Option 3

True, she gets every word right, so the Caterpillar is pleased with her efforts

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gets	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obj
7	right	right	ADV	_	4 gets	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pleased	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 pleased	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Caterpillar	det
11	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 pleased	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 pleased	cop
13	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gets	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 efforts	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 efforts	nmod:poss
16	efforts	effort	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 pleased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	she	every word				right property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	is	present	the Caterpillar					with Caterpillar's efforts; pleased property	tree rules

Option 4

False: she says the lines in the wrong order and skips the last one

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lines	det
6	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 says	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 order	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 order	det
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 order	amod
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lines	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 skips	cc
12	skips	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 one	det
14	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 one	amod
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 skips	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she	the lines		the wrong order			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent line=Theme in order=Manner
2	skip	present	she not said here	the last one					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Agent

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