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Test 10 · ★★★ · Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Ear…

The book ends with Alice waking up on the river bank. Why can the fall, the sizes and the pool of tears break the real rules of science?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: book, fall, science · What happens: end, wake up, break, rule · To what, where: river bank, real rules

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Earth, giants and tiny people» of the physics 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 book ends with Alice waking up on the river bank.

detnsubjcaseobladvclcompound:prtcasedetcompoundoblpunctrootTheDETbookNOUNendsVERBwithADPAlicePROPNwakingVERBupADPonADPtheDETriverNOUNbankNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 bookdet
2bookbookNOUNNumber=Sing3 endsnsubj
3endsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4withwithADP_5 Alicecase
5AliceAlicePROPNNumber=Sing3 endsobl
6wakingwakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 endsadvcl
7upupADP_6 wakingcompound:prt
8ononADP_11 bankcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 bankdet
10riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing11 bankcompound
11bankbankNOUNNumber=Sing6 wakingobl
12..PUNCT_3 endspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1endpresentthe bookwith Alicevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with alice=Subeventuality
2wake upgerundthe book not said herethe river bankvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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: Why can the fall, the sizes and the pool of tears break the real rules of science?

advmodauxdetnsubjpunctdetconjccdetconjcasenmoddetamodobjcasenmodpunctrootWhyADVcanAUXtheDETfallNOUN,PUNCTtheDETsizesNOUNandCCONJtheDETpoolNOUNofADPtearsNOUNbreakVERBtheDETrealADJrulesNOUNofADPscienceNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int13 breakadvmod
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin13 breakaux
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 falldet
4fallfallNOUNNumber=Sing13 breaknsubj
5,,PUNCT_7 sizespunct
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 sizesdet
7sizessizeNOUNNumber=Plur4 fallconj
8andandCCONJ_10 poolcc
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 pooldet
10poolpoolNOUNNumber=Sing4 fallconj
11ofofADP_12 tearscase
12tearstearNOUNNumber=Plur10 poolnmod
13breakbreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 rulesdet
15realrealADJDegree=Pos16 rulesamod
16rulesruleNOUNNumber=Plur13 breakobj
17ofofADP_18 sciencecase
18sciencescienceNOUNNumber=Sing16 rulesnmod
19??PUNCT_13 breakpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1breakcanthe fall and the sizes and the pool of tearsthe real rules of sciencevn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient
2rulesciencenom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

The options

Option 1

Because the rules were different in 1865

markdetnsubjcopcaseoblrootBecauseSCONJtheDETrulesNOUNwereAUXdifferentADJinADP1865NUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BecausebecauseSCONJ_5 differentmark
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 rulesdet
3rulesruleNOUNNumber=Plur5 differentnsubj
4werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 differentcop
5differentdifferentADJDegree=Posrootroot
6ininADP_7 1865case
718651865NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card5 differentobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe rules1865different propertytree rules

Option 2

Because Wonderland is on the Moon

marknsubjcopcasedetrootBecauseSCONJWonderlandPROPNisAUXonADPtheDETMoonPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BecausebecauseSCONJ_6 Moonmark
2WonderlandWonderlandPROPNNumber=Sing6 Moonnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 Mooncop
4ononADP_6 Mooncase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Moondet
6MoonMoonPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentWonderlandthe Moontree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Because it was all a dream

marknsubjcopdet:predetdetrootBecauseSCONJitPRONwasAUXallDETaDETdreamNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BecausebecauseSCONJ_6 dreammark
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 dreamnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 dreamcop
4allallDETPronType=Tot6 dreamdet:predet
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 dreamdet
6dreamdreamNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastitall dreamtree rules

Option 4

Because Alice was a magician

marknsubjcopdetrootBecauseSCONJAlicePROPNwasAUXaDETmagicianNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BecausebecauseSCONJ_5 magicianmark
2AliceAlicePROPNNumber=Sing5 magiciannsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 magiciancop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 magiciandet
5magicianmagicianNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastAlicea magiciantree rules

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