--- title: «They never executes nobody» — say it in standard English. — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics description: «They never executes nobody» — say it in standard English. Test 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's… «They never executes nobody» — say it in standard English. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** They · **What happens:** not execute, say · **To what, where:** nobody, it, standard English · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 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. 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t2:1 # text = «They never executes nobody» — say it in standard English. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 executes execute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 — - PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 standard standard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **execute** *in a quote* | present | They | nobody | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | it | | standard English | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme in english=Manner | 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} They never execute anybody, and the Queen says so each day at noon in the great hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t2:o1:1 # text = They never execute anybody, and the Queen says so each day at noon in the great hall 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 execute execute VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **execute** | present | They | anybody | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anybody=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Queen | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They never execute anybody ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t2:o2:1 # text = They never execute anybody 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 execute execute VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **execute** | present | They | anybody | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anybody=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nobody is never executed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t2:o3:1 # text = Nobody is never executed 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 executed execute 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** **execute** | present · passive | | Nobody | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} They execute ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t2:o4:1 # text = They execute 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 execute execute VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **execute** | present | They | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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