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title: Identify the reason adduced by the Hatter for the inaccuracy of his… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the reason adduced by the Hatter for the inaccuracy of his watch to the extent of two days. Exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party (no room, riddles and Time)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

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Identify the reason adduced by the Hatter for the inaccuracy of his watch to the extent of two days.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, adduce, extend · **To what, where:** reason, two days

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party (no room, riddles and Time)» 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/13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:e1:1
# text = Identify the reason adduced by the Hatter for the inaccuracy of his watch to the extent of two days.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	adduced	adduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	inaccuracy	inaccuracy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **adduce** | participle |  | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Hatter; for the inaccuracy of Hatter's watch to the extent of two days | tree rules |
| 3 | **extend** |  |  | two days |  |  |  |  | nom extent «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The introduction of butter into its works, accompanied by crumbs, and a cup of tea poured over it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:e1:o1:1
# text = The introduction of butter into its works, accompanied by crumbs, and a cup of tea poured over it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
19	over	over	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | participle |  | butter's works *not said here* |  |  |  | by crumbs | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by crumb=Destination |
| 2 | **pour** | participle |  | the introduction of butter into butter's works and a cup of tea *not said here* |  | tea |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over it=Location |
| 3 | **introduce** |  |  | butter |  | butter's works |  |  | nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient into=place |
| 4 | **work** |  | butter |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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The introduction of butter into its works, accompanied by crumbs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:e1:o2:1
# text = The introduction of butter into its works, accompanied by crumbs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | participle |  | the introduction of butter into butter's works *not said here* |  |  |  | by crumbs | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by crumb=Destination |
| 2 | **introduce** |  |  | butter |  | butter's works |  |  | nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient into=place |
| 3 | **work** |  | butter |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Butter put inside the mechanism by the Hare, with crumbs following

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:e1:o3:1
# text = Butter put inside the mechanism by the Hare, with crumbs following
1	Butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mechanism	mechanism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
12	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | participle · passive | the Hare | Butter |  | the mechanism |  | with crumbs | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme inside mechanism=Destination |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | crumbs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Damp from the rain falling on the works

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:e1:o4:1
# text = Damp from the rain falling on the works
1	Damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund | the rain *not said here* |  |  | the works |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on work=Location |

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