Test 6 · ★★ · Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shi…

«why would anyone send a lizard down a chimney, that's so random» What is the real history behind it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: anyone, that · What happens: send, be · To what, where: lizard, real history, history · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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 send	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 send	advmod
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 send	aux
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 send	nsubj
5	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lizard	det
7	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 send	obj
8	down	down	ADP	_	10 chimney	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 chimney	det
10	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 send	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 random	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 random	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 random	cop
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 random	advmod
15	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 send	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 random	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 history	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 history	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 history	det
20	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 history	amod
21	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 random	parataxis
22	behind	behind	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 history	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 send	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send in a quote	would	anyone	a lizard		down a chimney	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	that			random property	tree rules
3	is a	present		the real history	history		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 · ← Mova's choice

Lizards were specially trained to clean the chimneys of old London houses because they love heat

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lizards	lizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 trained	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 trained	aux:pass
3	specially	specially	ADV	_	4 trained	advmod
4	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 clean	mark
6	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 trained	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chimneys	det
8	chimneys	chimney	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clean	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 houses	case
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 houses	amod
11	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 houses	compound
12	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chimneys	nmod
13	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 love	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 love	nsubj
15	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trained	advcl
16	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	train	past · passive		Lizards	specially property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
2	clean	to-infinitive	Lizards not said here	the chimneys of old London houses		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chimney=Patient
3	love	present	Lizards = lizard	heat		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer heat=Stimulus

Option 2

Chimneys were where Victorians kept their pets in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chimneys	chimney	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	cop
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 kept	advmod
4	Victorians	Victorian	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 kept	nsubj
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 pets	nmod:poss
7	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 winter	case
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Chimneys				winter	keep property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Victorians sent small boys up chimneys to sweep them until a law stopped it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Victorians	victorian	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boys	amod
4	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sent	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	2 sent	compound:prt
6	chimneys	chimney	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sent	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sweep	mark
8	sweep	sweep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sweep	obj
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 stopped	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 law	det
12	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stopped	nsubj
13	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sweep	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stopped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	send up	past	Victorians	chimneys	small boys	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Destination chimney=Theme
2	sweep	to-infinitive	Victorians not said here	chimneys = chimney		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory
3	stop	past	a law	it		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality

Option 4

Victorians kept lizards in chimneys to catch spiders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Victorians	victorian	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lizards	lizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kept	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chimneys	case
5	chimneys	chimney	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kept	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 catch	mark
7	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 kept	advcl
8	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	Victorians	lizards		chimneys			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lizard=Theme in chimney=Location
2	catch	to-infinitive	Victorians not said here	spiders					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spider=Theme

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