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title: It is given that the protagonist admitted to having tasted eggs. Det… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that the protagonist admitted to having tasted eggs. Determine the conclusion drawn therefrom by the Pigeon. Exam question 3 of lesson 10 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the long neck and the Pigeon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

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It is given that the protagonist admitted to having tasted eggs. Determine the conclusion drawn therefrom by the Pigeon.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** protagonist, you · **What happens:** give, admit, have, taste, determine, draw · **To what, where:** It, tasted eggs, conclusion

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 10 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the long neck and the Pigeon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the protagonist admitted to having tasted eggs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:e3:1
# text = It is given that the protagonist admitted to having tasted eggs.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	admitted	admit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	tasted	taste	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | past | the protagonist |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | gerund | the protagonist *not said here* | tasted eggs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |
| 4 | **taste** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the conclusion drawn therefrom by the Pigeon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:e3:2
# text = Determine the conclusion drawn therefrom by the Pigeon.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	therefrom	therefrom	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conclusion |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic |
| 2 | **draw** | participle |  | the conclusion *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Pigeon; therefrom *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That eggs are only eaten by fat birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:e3:o1:1
# text = That eggs are only eaten by fat birds
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · passive | fat birds | that eggs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That she is hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:e3:o2:1
# text = That she is hungry
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That little girls constitute a kind of serpent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:e3:o3:1
# text = That little girls constitute a kind of serpent
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **girl** |  | That |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **constitute** | present | little girls | a kind of serpent |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kind=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That girls have never eaten any eggs before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:e3:o4:1
# text = That girls have never eaten any eggs before
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | present · perfect · passive |  | that girls |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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