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title: Which is TRUE about the tea-party so far? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is TRUE about the tea-party so far? Test 10 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong
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# Test 10 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

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Which is TRUE about the tea-party so far?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t10:1
# text = Which is TRUE about the tea-party so far?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about the tea party; far, true *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Dormouse has been awake since the start

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t10:o1:1
# text = The Dormouse has been awake since the start
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	since	since	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	start	start	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** | present · perfect | the Dormouse |  |  |  | since the start | awake *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The March Hare pours Alice a cup of wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t10:o2:1
# text = The March Hare pours Alice a cup of wine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pours	pour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | present | the March Hare | Alice |  |  |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent alice=Theme cup=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tea was served

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t10:o3:1
# text = Tea was served
1	Tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past · passive |  | Tea |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |

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

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The Hatter asks a riddle that nobody can answer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t10:o4:1
# text = The Hatter asks a riddle that nobody can answer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the Hatter | a riddle |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent riddle=Recipient |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | can | a riddle |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=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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