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title: Identify the reason assigned by the Mock Turtle for the designation… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the reason assigned by the Mock Turtle for the designation «Tortoise» as applied to his former master. Exam question 1 of lesson 18 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's Story (school under the sea)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

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Identify the reason assigned by the Mock Turtle for the designation «Tortoise» as applied to his former master.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, assign, apply · **To what, where:** reason

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 18 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's Story (school under the sea)» 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/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:e1:1
# text = Identify the reason assigned by the Mock Turtle for the designation «Tortoise» as applied to his former master.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Mock	Mock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **assign** | participle |  | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Mock Turtle; for the designation *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for designation=Goal |
| 3 | **apply** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to his former master | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He wore a shell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:e1:o1:1
# text = He wore a shell
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | He | a shell |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent shell=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That his name was a pun on taught, and that he sang to them on the rock each evening after school

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:e1:o2:1
# text = That his name was a pun on taught, and that he sang to them on the rock each evening after school
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pun	pun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
21	after	after	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | his name | a pun |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | participle |  | a pun *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | he |  | them *= they* | the rock | after school; evening |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location |
| 4 | **name** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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That he taught them, since he was an old Turtle who came to school in the sea every single day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:e1:o3:1
# text = That he taught them, since he was an old Turtle who came to school in the sea every single day
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
20	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | That |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | he | a old Turtle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | past | a old Turtle |  |  | the sea | day | to school | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial\_Location |

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

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That he taught them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:e1:o4:1
# text = That he taught them
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | That |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

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