Test 2 · ★★ · Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shi…

Your friend thinks Alice Liddell made up the story herself. What actually happened?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Alice · What happens: think, make up, happen · To what, where: story · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: Your friend thinks Alice Liddell made up the story herself.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinks	nsubj
3	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
5	Liddell	Liddell	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Alice	flat
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thinks	ccomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 made	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 story	det
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obj
10	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 made	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Your friend						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	make up	past	Alice	the story				Alice obl	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot

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 actually happened?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happened	nsubj
2	actually	actually	ADV	_	3 happened	advmod
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past						actually property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Queen Victoria told it to Alice and her sisters at a grand palace tea-party in London one summer

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
2	Victoria	Victoria	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Queen	flat
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Alice	case
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sisters	cc
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sisters	nmod:poss
9	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Alice	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	16 party	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 party	det
12	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 party	amod
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 party	compound
14	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 party	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 tea	punct
16	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 London	case
18	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 party	nmod
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 summer	nummod
20	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Queen	it	Alice and Queen's sisters	a grand palace tea party in London	summer		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to alice=Recipient

Option 2

Alice's older sister wrote it and gave it to Alice for her birthday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sister	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Alice	case
3	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 sister	amod
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrote	nsubj
5	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wrote	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gave	cc
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wrote	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gave	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Alice	case
11	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 birthday	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 birthday	nmod:poss
14	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	Alice's older sister	it					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	give	past	Alice's older sister not said here	it	Alice			for sister's birthday	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme to alice=Recipient for birthday=Asset

Option 3

Alice wrote it in her diary and Dodgson found it and copied it out years later

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wrote	nsubj
2	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wrote	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 diary	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 diary	nmod:poss
6	diary	diary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrote	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 found	cc
8	Dodgson	Dodgson	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 found	nsubj
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wrote	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 found	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 copied	cc
12	copied	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 found	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 copied	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	12 copied	compound:prt
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 later	obl:unmarked
16	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 copied	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	write	past	Alice	it	Alice's diary		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in diary=Destination
2	find	past	Dodgson	diary			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	copy out	past	Dodgson not said here	diary		late property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

Charles Dodgson told it to the Liddell sisters on a boat trip, and Alice asked him to write it down

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charles	Charles	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
2	Dodgson	Dodgson	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Charles	flat
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 sisters	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sisters	det
7	Liddell	Liddell	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sisters	compound
8	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 told	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 trip	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 trip	det
11	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 trip	compound
12	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 asked	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 asked	cc
15	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 asked	nsubj
16	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 asked	iobj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 write	mark
19	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 asked	xcomp
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 write	obj
21	down	down	ADP	_	19 write	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Charles	it	the Liddell sisters	a boat trip	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to sister=Recipient
2	ask speech: ask	past	Alice		Charles		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	write down not said to happen	to-infinitive	Alice not said here	trip			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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