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title: ★★★ When the game stops, every player is in custody except three. If… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ When the game stops, every player is in custody except three. If eight players had begun, how many are under arrest? Test 19 · ★★ 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 de
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# Test 19 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

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★★★ When the game stops, every player is in custody except three. If eight players had begun, how many are under arrest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, player, eight players, many · **What happens:** stop, be, begin · **To what, where:** custody, arrest

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This is test 19 · ★★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ When the game stops, every player is in custody except three.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t19:1
# text = ★★★ When the game stops, every player is in custody except three.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	custody	custody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	except	except	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | every player |  |  | custody |  | except three | 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:* If eight players had begun, how many are under arrest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t19:2
# text = If eight players had begun, how many are under arrest?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	begun	begin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	arrest	arrest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past · perfect | eight players |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | many |  |  | arrest |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t19:o1:1
# text = 5
1	5	5	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 {#o2}

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Five players

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t19:o2:1
# text = Five players
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Five of them, sadly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t19:o3:1
# text = Five of them, sadly
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Five, since three were spared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t19:o4:1
# text = Five, since three were spared
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	since	since	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	spared	spare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset» |

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