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title: The Duchess agrees mustard is a mineral, then agrees it is a vegetab… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Duchess agrees mustard is a mineral, then agrees it is a vegetable. What does this show? Test 6 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

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The Duchess agrees mustard is a mineral, then agrees it is a vegetable. What does this show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Duchess, mustard, this · **What happens:** agree, be, show · **To what, where:** mineral, vegetable · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The Duchess agrees mustard is a mineral, then agrees it is a vegetable.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t6:1
# text = The Duchess agrees mustard is a mineral, then agrees it is a vegetable.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	mustard	mustard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mineral	mineral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | the Duchess |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | mustard | a mineral |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | mustard | a vegetable |  |  |  |  | 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:* What does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t6:2
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	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 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She agrees with whatever Alice says, without thinking at all, which shows she is simply a silly woman with no real opinions

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t6:o1:1
# text = She agrees with whatever Alice says, without thinking at all, which shows she is simply a silly woman with no real opinions
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obl	_	_
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
17	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	ccomp	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	24	det	_	_
23	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	opinions	opinion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | She |  |  |  |  | with whatever | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with whatever=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **show** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | present | Alice | a silly woman |  |  |  | with no real opinions; simply *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She agrees with whatever Alice says, without thinking, and so changes her mind about mustard each time the Queen calls

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t6:o2:1
# text = She agrees with whatever Alice says, without thinking, and so changes her mind about mustard each time the Queen calls
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	mustard	mustard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alice | whatever |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **change** | present |  | Alice's mind |  |  | time | about mustard | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient |
| 5 | **call** | present | the Queen | each time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent time=Recipient |
| 6 | **mind** |  | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She knows mustard is a vegetable and a mineral both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t6:o3:1
# text = She knows mustard is a vegetable and a mineral both
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mustard	mustard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	mineral	mineral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	both	both	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | mustard | a vegetable and a mineral both |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She agrees with whatever Alice says, without thinking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t6:o4:1
# text = She agrees with whatever Alice says, without thinking
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obl	_	_
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | She |  |  |  |  | with whatever | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with whatever=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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