Test 3 · ★★ · Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shi…

The Mad Tea-Party has a table set for many but only three guests. Which real custom is it making fun of?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mad Tea Party · What happens: have, make · To what, where: table set, fun

This is test 3 · ★★ 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: The Mad Tea-Party has a table set for many but only three guests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Party	det
2	Mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Party	amod
3	Tea	Tea	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Party	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 Tea	punct
5	Party	Party	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 set	det
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 set	compound
9	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	15 guests	case
11	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 guests	amod
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 guests	cc
13	only	only	ADV	_	14 three	advmod
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 guests	nummod
15	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 set	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the Mad Tea Party	a table set				for many three guests	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=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: Which real custom is it making fun of?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 making	nsubj
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 custom	amod
3	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 making	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 making	aux
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 making	nsubj
6	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 making	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 fun	fixed
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 making	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · progressive		fun					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product

The options

Option 1

A big Christmas dinner with crackers and turkey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dinner	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dinner	amod
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dinner	compound
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 crackers	case
6	crackers	cracker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dinner	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 turkey	cc
8	turkey	turkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crackers	conj

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

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

Afternoon tea, with its cups, bread and butter and polite talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tea	compound
2	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cups	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 cups	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cups	nmod:poss
6	cups	cup	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tea	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bread	punct
8	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cups	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 butter	cc
10	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bread	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 talk	cc
12	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 talk	amod
13	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bread	conj

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

Option 3

A picnic on the beach with sandwiches, lemonade and a big umbrella in case it rains

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 picnic	det
2	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rains	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 beach	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beach	det
5	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picnic	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 sandwiches	case
7	sandwiches	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 beach	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lemonade	punct
9	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beach	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 umbrella	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 umbrella	det
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 umbrella	amod
13	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picnic	conj
14	in	in	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	16 it	case
15	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 in	fixed
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 umbrella	nmod
17	rains	rain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rain	present	a picnic on the beach with sandwiches and lemonade and a big umbrella in case						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 4

A school lunch eaten quickly in a noisy hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lunch	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lunch	compound
3	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lunch	acl
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 eaten	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 hall	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hall	det
8	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hall	amod
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	participle		a school lunch not said here		a noisy hall		quickly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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