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title: ★★★ The gardeners are Two, Five and Seven. Add their numbers and tak… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The gardeners are Two, Five and Seven. Add their numbers and take away the number of soldiers who stay behind. What do you get? Test 18 · ★ of lesson 15 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Test 18 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

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★★★ The gardeners are Two, Five and Seven. Add their numbers and take away the number of soldiers who stay behind. What do you get?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, you, soldiers · **What happens:** be, add, take away, stay, get · **To what, where:** Two, numbers, number

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 15 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red)» 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/15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1/#t18).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The gardeners are Two, Five and Seven.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t18:1
# text = ★★★ The gardeners are Two, Five and Seven.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | ★ | Two |  |  |  |  | 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:* Add their numbers and take away the number of soldiers who stay behind.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t18:2
# text = Add their numbers and take away the number of soldiers who stay behind.
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	away	away	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | gardeners's numbers |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient |
| 2 | **take away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the number of soldiers |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** | present | soldiers |  |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What do you get?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t18:3
# text = What do you get?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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14

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t18:o1:1
# text = 14
1	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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11

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t18:o2:1
# text = 11
1	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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3

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t18:o3:1
# text = 3
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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9

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t18:o4:1
# text = 9
1	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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