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title: Why is the Pigeon's thinking wrong? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is the Pigeon's thinking wrong? Test 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 tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

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Why is the Pigeon's thinking wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thinking, Pigeon · **What happens:** be, think

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This is test 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t3:1
# text = Why is the Pigeon's thinking wrong?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	thinking	thinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Pigeon's thinking |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** |  | the Pigeon |  |  |  |  |  | nom thinking «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Being a girl is different from being a bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t3:o1:1
# text = Being a girl is different from being a bird
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	cop	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | gerund |  | a girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a girl |  |  |  |  | different *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | from a bird | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Two things that both eat eggs are not the same thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t3:o2:1
# text = Two things that both eat eggs are not the same thing
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | both | Two things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | Two things | the same thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Snakes and girls are both very long and thin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t3:o3:1
# text = Snakes and girls are both very long and thin
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	both	both	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Snakes and girls |  |  |  |  | both, long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Snakes and girls *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because it is only the Pigeon who is wrong, and it has never met a girl before in its whole life

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t3:o4:1
# text = Because it is only the Pigeon who is wrong, and it has never met a girl before in its whole life
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	before	before	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | the Pigeon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Pigeon |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **meet** | present · perfect | Pigeon | a girl |  | Pigeon's whole life |  | before *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Co-Agent |

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**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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