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title: ★★★ Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, Derision. Which real word d… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, Derision. Which real word does «Distraction» hide, and what letters change? Test 19 · ★★ 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 t
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# Test 19 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

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★★★ Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, Derision. Which real word does «Distraction» hide, and what letters change?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** real word, Distraction, letters · **What happens:** do, hide, change

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This is test 19 · ★★ 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. 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, Derision.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t19:1
# text = ★★★ Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, Derision.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Ambition	ambition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Distraction	distraction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Uglification	uglification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Derision	derision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Which real word does «Distraction» hide, and what letters change?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t19:2
# text = Which real word does «Distraction» hide, and what letters change?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Distraction	distraction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
12	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | real word |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hide** | present | Distraction |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **change** | present | letters |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Dis only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t19:o1:1
# text = Dis only
1	Dis	dis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sub for Dis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t19:o2:1
# text = Sub for Dis
1	Sub	sub	ADV	AFX	_	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Dis	Dis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Subtraction: «Sub» becomes «Dis»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t19:o3:1
# text = Subtraction: «Sub» becomes «Dis»
1	Subtraction	subtraction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Sub	sub	ADV	AFX	_	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	appos	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Dis	dis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present |  | Dis |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Addition: «Ad» becomes «Dis»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t19:o4:1
# text = Addition: «Ad» becomes «Dis»
1	Addition	addition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Ad	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	appos	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Dis	dis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | Ad | Dis |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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