Test 5 · ★ · Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice… ★ Alice boasts she'd think nothing of tumbling down stairs. A cartoon shows her cheerfully jumping off a roof. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, cartoon · What happens: boast, think, tumble down, show, jump off, be · To what, where: nothing, stairs, ★, roof · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 54 «Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice and Toad» of the language 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: ★ Alice boasts she'd think nothing of tumbling down stairs.
nsubj flat nsubj aux ccomp obj mark acl compound:prt obj punct root ★ PROPN Alice PROPN boasts VERB she PRON 'd AUX think VERB nothing PRON of SCONJ tumbling VERB down ADP stairs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing 3 boasts nsubj 2 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 1 ★ flat 3 boasts boast VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 think nsubj 5 'd would AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 think aux 6 think think VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 boasts ccomp 7 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 think obj 8 of of SCONJ _ 9 tumbling mark 9 tumbling tumble VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 nothing acl 10 down down ADP _ 9 tumbling compound:prt 11 stairs stair NOUN Number=Plur 9 tumbling obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 boasts punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 boast speech: other present ★ vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 think speech: other would ★ nothing vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme 3 tumble down gerund stairs vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stair=Theme
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: A cartoon shows her cheerfully jumping off a roof.
det nsubj iobj advmod advcl compound:prt det obj punct root A DET cartoon NOUN shows VERB her PRON cheerfully ADV jumping VERB off ADP a DET roof NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 cartoon det 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN Number=Sing 3 shows nsubj 3 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 shows iobj 5 cheerfully cheerfully ADV _ 6 jumping advmod 6 jumping jump VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 shows advcl 7 off off ADP _ 6 jumping compound:prt 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 roof det 9 roof roof NOUN Number=Sing 6 jumping obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 shows punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present a cartoon ★ vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient 2 jump off gerund a cartoon not said here a roof cheerfully property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme roof=Trajectory
Sentence 3: What is wrong?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX wrong ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wrong nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present wrong property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Nothing, Alice really does jump off the house
nsubj punct nsubj advmod aux case det obl root Nothing PRON , PUNCT Alice PROPN really ADV does AUX jump VERB off ADP the DET house NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 jump nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Nothing punct 3 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 6 jump nsubj 4 really really ADV _ 6 jump advmod 5 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 jump aux 6 jump jump VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 off off ADP _ 9 house case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 house det 9 house house NOUN Number=Sing 6 jump obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 jump off present · do-support Nothing the house vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location house=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer It misses Carroll's joke; nobody should ever try such falls
nsubj nmod:poss case obj punct nsubj aux advmod conj amod obj root It PRON misses VERB Carroll PROPN 's PART joke NOUN ; PUNCT nobody PRON should AUX ever ADV try VERB such ADJ falls NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 misses nsubj 2 misses miss VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Carroll Carroll PROPN Number=Sing 5 joke nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 Carroll case 5 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 2 misses obj 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 try punct 7 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 10 try nsubj 8 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 try aux 9 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 10 try advmod 10 try try VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 misses conj 11 such such ADJ Degree=Pos 12 falls amod 12 falls fall NOUN Number=Plur 10 try obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 miss present It Carroll's joke vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus 2 try should nobody such falls ever vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fall=Eventuality 3 joke Carroll nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 Alice does it, but in the book she uses a parachute
nsubj obj punct cc case det obl nsubj conj det obj root Alice PROPN does VERB it PRON , PUNCT but CCONJ in ADP the DET book NOUN she PRON uses VERB a DET parachute NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 2 does nsubj 2 does do 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 does obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 10 uses punct 5 but but CCONJ _ 10 uses cc 6 in in ADP _ 8 book case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 book det 8 book book NOUN Number=Sing 10 uses obl 9 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 uses nsubj 10 uses use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 does conj 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 parachute det 12 parachute parachute NOUN Number=Sing 10 uses obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present Alice it vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality 2 use present Alice a parachute the book vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parachute=Patient
Option 4 The cartoon should show her falling up instead
det nsubj aux obj xcomp compound:prt advmod root The DET cartoon NOUN should AUX show VERB her PRON falling VERB up ADP instead ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cartoon det 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN Number=Sing 4 show nsubj 3 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 show aux 4 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 show obj 6 falling fall VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 show xcomp 7 up up ADP _ 6 falling compound:prt 8 instead instead ADV _ 6 falling advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show should the cartoon her = she vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic 2 fall up gerund the cartoon not said here instead property vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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