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title: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «Alice keeps her promise not to interrupt the… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «Alice keeps her promise not to interrupt the Dormouse again.» Test 6 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 6 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

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Is this TRUE or FALSE? «Alice keeps her promise not to interrupt the Dormouse again.»

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** this, Alice, promise · **What happens:** be, keep, not interrupt, promise · **To what, where:** promise, Dormouse

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Is this TRUE or FALSE?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t6:1
# text = Is this TRUE or FALSE?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	FALSE	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | this *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* «Alice keeps her promise not to interrupt the Dormouse again.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t6:2
# text = «Alice keeps her promise not to interrupt the Dormouse again.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	interrupt	interrupt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | Alice | Alice's promise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **interrupt** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Alice's promise *not said here* | the Dormouse |  |  | again |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **promise** *in a quote* |  | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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True: she waits until the Dormouse is finished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t6:o1:1
# text = True: she waits until the Dormouse is finished
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **finish** | present · passive |  | the Dormouse |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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False: she asks «What did they draw?» at once, «quite forgetting her promise»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t6:o2:1
# text = False: she asks «What did they draw?» at once, «quite forgetting her promise»
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **draw** *in a quote* | past · do-support | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 3 | **forget** *in a quote* | gerund | they *not said here* | her promise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **promise** *in a quote* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True: she keeps her promise and does not interrupt the Dormouse at all again, since she is very polite

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t6:o3:1
# text = True: she keeps her promise and does not interrupt the Dormouse at all again, since she is very polite
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	interrupt	interrupt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	very	very	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | she | her promise |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **interrupt** | present · do-support | she *not said here* | the Dormouse |  | all | again |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **promise** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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False: she asks «Why?» at once and then promises again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t6:o4:1
# text = False: she asks «Why?» at once and then promises again
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	conj	_	_
13	promises	promise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present |  |  |  |  | again |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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