Test 1 · ★★ · Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shi…

«the Rabbit's got a watch, so it's a wristwatch obvs» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rabbit · What happens: get, be · To what, where: watch, wristwatch obvs

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 81 «Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shillings and chimney sweeps» of the history 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rabbit	det
3	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 got	aux
5	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 watch	det
7	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 obvs	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	14 obvs	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 obvs	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 obvs	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 obvs	det
13	wristwatch	wristwatch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 obvs	compound
14	obvs	obvs	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 obvs	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 got	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · passive	the Rabbit	a watch		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer watch=Stimulus
2	is a in a quote	present	Rabbit	a wristwatch obvs		tree rules
3	is	present			right property	tree rules

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

No, it is a clock that he carries under his arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 clock	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 clock	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 clock	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 clock	det
6	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 carries	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 carries	nsubj
9	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 clock	advcl
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 arm	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 arm	nmod:poss
12	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a clock					tree rules
2	carry	present	he			his arm			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, rabbits wear them round the ankle, which counts as a wrist for a rabbit

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 wear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wear	nsubj
4	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wear	obj
6	round	round	ADP	_	8 ankle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ankle	det
8	ankle	ankle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 counts	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 counts	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 counts	nsubj
11	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wear	parataxis
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 wrist	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wrist	det
14	wrist	wrist	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 counts	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 rabbit	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 rabbit	det
17	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 counts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	rabbits	them = they					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source
2	count	present						round the ankle; as a wrist; for a rabbit	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as wrist=Attribute

Option 3

Yes, Victorians all wore wristwatches, only smaller ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 Victorians	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Victorians	Victorian	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 wore	nsubj
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 wore	advmod
5	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	wristwatches	wristwatch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wore	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ones	punct
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 ones	advmod
9	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	Victorians	wristwatches				smaller ones obl; all property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent wristwatch=Source

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He takes it out of his waistcoat pocket: Victorian men used pocket watches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 takes	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	8 pocket	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 pocket	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pocket	nmod:poss
7	waistcoat	waistcoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pocket	compound
8	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
10	Victorian	victorian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 men	amod
11	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 used	nsubj
12	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 takes	conj
13	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 watches	compound
14	watches	watch	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 used	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	He	it		his waistcoat pocket			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out pocket=Initial_Location
2	use	past	Victorian men	pocket watches					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Patient

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