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title: «They lived on treacle» — «They'd have been ill» — «So they were». W… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 5 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

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«They lived on treacle» — «They'd have been ill» — «So they were». What makes this funny?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** They · **What happens:** live, be, make · **To what, where:** treacle

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 14 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party (the treacle-well and the garden at last)» 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/14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «They lived on treacle» — «They'd have been ill» — «So they were».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t5:1
# text = «They lived on treacle» — «They'd have been ill» — «So they were».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	treacle	treacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
7	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	_
12	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
13	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	So	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** *in a quote* | past | They |  |  | treacle |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on treacle=Location |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | would · perfect | They |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* What makes this funny?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t5:2
# text = What makes this funny?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Dormouse is always rude and silly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t5:o1:1
# text = The Dormouse is always rude and silly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Dormouse |  |  |  |  | always, rude *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the Dormouse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Dormouse agrees with the Hatter instead of thinking about the story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t5:o2:1
# text = The Dormouse agrees with the Hatter instead of thinking about the story
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | the Dormouse |  |  |  |  | with the Hatter | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with hatter=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the Dormouse *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the story | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about story=Topic |

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

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The Dormouse agrees with Alice's objection instead of changing the story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t5:o3:1
# text = The Dormouse agrees with Alice's objection instead of changing the story
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	objection	objection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | the Dormouse |  |  |  |  | with Alice's objection | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with objection=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **change** | gerund | the Dormouse *not said here* | the story |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient |
| 3 | **object** |  | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | nom objection «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Dormouse gets ill from the treacle and changes his mind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t5:o4:1
# text = The Dormouse gets ill from the treacle and changes his mind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	treacle	treacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the Dormouse |  |  | the treacle |  | ill *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from treacle=Destination |
| 2 | **change** | present | the Dormouse *not said here* | Dormouse's mind |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient |
| 3 | **mind** |  | Dormouse |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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