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title: ★★★ The Pigeon says: serpents eat eggs; little girls eat eggs; so li… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The Pigeon says: serpents eat eggs; little girls eat eggs; so little girls are serpents. Which argument has the SAME mistake? Test 15 · ★★ 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 depe
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# Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

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★★★ The Pigeon says: serpents eat eggs; little girls eat eggs; so little girls are serpents. Which argument has the SAME mistake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, serpents, little girls, argument · **What happens:** say, eat, be, have · **To what, where:** eggs, serpents, SAME mistake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★★ 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. 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Pigeon says: serpents eat eggs; little girls eat eggs; so little girls are serpents.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t15:1
# text = ★★★ The Pigeon says: serpents eat eggs; little girls eat eggs; so little girls are serpents.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	serpents	serpent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
15	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
18	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
20	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	serpents	serpent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ ★ the Pigeon |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** | present | serpents | eggs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |
| 3 | **eat** | present | little girls | eggs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** | present | little girls | serpents |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Which argument has the SAME mistake?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t15:2
# text = Which argument has the SAME mistake?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	SAME	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | which argument | the SAME mistake |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Dogs can bark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t15:o1:1
# text = Dogs can bark
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bark	bark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | can | Dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cats have tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t15:o2:1
# text = Cats have tails
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Cats | tails |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cats have tails; so dogs must too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t15:o3:1
# text = Cats have tails; so dogs must too
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Cats | tails |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Cats have tails; dogs have tails; so dogs are cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t15:o4:1
# text = Cats have tails; dogs have tails; so dogs are cats
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Cats | tails |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | dogs | tails |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | present | dogs | cats |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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