--- title: Ascertain the substance from which, according to the Queen, Mock Tur… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the substance from which, according to the Queen, Mock Turtle Soup is prepared. Exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's Story (the Duchess and her morals)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's… Ascertain the substance from which, according to the Queen, Mock Turtle Soup is prepared. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, accord, prepare · **To what, where:** substance, Mock Turtle Soup This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's Story (the Duchess and her morals)» 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/17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the substance from which, according to the Queen, Mock Turtle Soup is prepared. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 case _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Mock Mock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 13 Turtle Turtle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Soup Soup PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the substance | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent substance=Topic | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **prepare** | present · passive | | Mock Turtle Soup | | the substance | | accord the Queen | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product from which=Material | 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} A calf's head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:e3:o1:1 # text = A calf's head 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The Mock Turtle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:e3:o2:1 # text = The Mock Turtle 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Mock Mock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Turtle Turtle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Turtle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:e3:o3:1 # text = Turtle 1 Turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A calf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:e3:o4:1 # text = A calf 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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