Test 7 · ★ · Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice…
★★ The Queen's «Off with her head!» and Josh's sister's «touch my straighteners and I'll KILL you». What do they have in common?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, I, straighteners · What happens: touch, kill, have · To what, where: straighteners, you, common
This is test 7 · ★ 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: ★★ The Queen's «Off with her head!» and Josh's sister's «touch my straighteners and I'll KILL you».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 touch | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | PUNCT | _ | 10 head | punct |
| 3 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 head | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Queen | case |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 Off | punct |
| 7 | Off | off | ADV | _ | 10 head | advmod |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 head | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 head | nmod:poss |
| 10 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | appos |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 head | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 sister | cc |
| 14 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 sister | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 Josh | case |
| 16 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | appos |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 sister | case |
| 18 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 19 touch | punct |
| 19 | touch | touch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 straighteners | nmod:poss |
| 21 | straighteners | straightener | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 touch | obj |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 KILL | cc |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 KILL | nsubj |
| 24 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 KILL | aux |
| 25 | KILL | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 touch | conj |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 KILL | obj |
| 27 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 25 KILL | punct |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 touch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | touch in a quote | infinitive | ★ | my straighteners | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme straightener=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | kill in a quote | future | I | you | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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: What do they have in common?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 have | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 common | case |
| 6 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 have | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · do-support | straighteners = straightener | common | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Both are polite requests said in a loud voice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 requests | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 requests | cop |
| 3 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 requests | amod |
| 4 | requests | request | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 voice | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 voice | det |
| 8 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 voice | amod |
| 9 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Both | polite requests | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | polite requests | a loud voice | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in voice=Manner |
Option 2
Both are real plans that will happen the next day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 plans | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 plans | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 plans | amod |
| 4 | plans | plan | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 happen | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 happen | aux |
| 7 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 plans | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 day | amod |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 happen | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Both | real plans | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | happen | future | real plans | day | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Both are big threats made in a temper that aren't real plans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 threats | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 threats | cop |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 threats | amod |
| 4 | threats | threat | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 threats | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 temper | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 temper | det |
| 8 | temper | temper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 plans | nsubj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 plans | cop |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 plans | advmod |
| 12 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 plans | amod |
| 13 | plans | plan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 threats | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Both | big threats | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | participle | big threats not said here | a temper | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 3 | not is a | present | that | real plans | tree rules |
Option 4
Both are understatement that makes things smaller
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 understatement | det |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 understatement | cop |
| 3 | understatement | understatement | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 understatement | acl:relcl |
| 6 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 makes | obj |
| 7 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | both understatement | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | present | both understatement | things | small property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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