--- title: It is stated that the duration of lessons diminished by one hour per… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics description: It is stated that the duration of lessons diminished by one hour per day commencing at ten. Ascertain the condition of the eleventh day. Exam question 2 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/e2/) [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/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's… It is stated that the duration of lessons diminished by one hour per day commencing at ten. Ascertain the condition of the eleventh day. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** day, you · **What happens:** state, diminish, commence, ascertain, condition · **To what, where:** It, duration, ten, condition, eleventh day · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is stated that the duration of lessons diminished by one hour per day commencing at ten. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:e2:1 # text = It is stated that the duration of lessons diminished by one hour per day commencing at ten. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 diminished diminish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 per per ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 commencing commence VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | present · passive | | It | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **diminish** | participle · passive | | the duration of lessons | | | hour | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **commence** | gerund | day *not said here* | | | ten | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the condition of the eleventh day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:e2:2 # text = Ascertain the condition of the eleventh day. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 eleventh eleventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition of the eleventh day | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic | | 2 | **condition** | | | the eleventh day | | | | | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Lesson day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:e2:o1:1 # text = Lesson day 1 Lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} It was a rainy day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:e2:o2:1 # text = It was a rainy day 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 rainy rainy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a rainy day | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Not known ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:e2:o3:1 # text = Not known 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It was a holiday ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:e2:o4:1 # text = It was a holiday 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a holiday | | | | | tree rules | **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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