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title: ★★★ Alice's rule: pepper → hot-tempered, vinegar → sour, camomile →… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Alice's rule: pepper → hot-tempered, vinegar → sour, camomile → bitter, barley-sugar → sweet. What do the four words describe? Test 17 · ★★ 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, w
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

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★★★ Alice's rule: pepper → hot-tempered, vinegar → sour, camomile → bitter, barley-sugar → sweet. What do the four words describe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice, four words · **What happens:** temper, rule, describe · **To what, where:** pepper

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This is test 17 · ★★ 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. 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Alice's rule: pepper → hot-tempered, vinegar → sour, camomile → bitter, barley-sugar → sweet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t17:1
# text = ★★★ Alice's rule: pepper → hot-tempered, vinegar → sour, camomile → bitter, barley-sugar → sweet.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	→	→	SYM	SYM	_	10	punct	_	_
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	tempered	temper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
15	→	→	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	sour	sour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	camomile	camomile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
19	→	→	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
25	→	→	SYM	SYM	_	26	punct	_	_
26	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **temper** | participle |  | pepper and camomile → bitter and barley sugar *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rule** |  | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 do the four words describe?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t17:2
# text = What do the four words describe?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · do-support | the four words |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Foods that people cook in soup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t17:o1:1
# text = Foods that people cook in soup
1	Foods	food	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cook	cook	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | present | people | Foods |  |  |  | in soup | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent that=Patient in soup=Instrument |

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

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Both a taste and a person's mood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t17:o2:1
# text = Both a taste and a person's mood
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc:preconj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pepper's smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t17:o3:1
# text = Pepper's smell
1	Pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** |  | Pepper |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Names of herbs from the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t17:o4:1
# text = Names of herbs from the garden
1	Names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** |  |  | herbs from the garden |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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