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title: Why might the Mock Turtle be so sad, from what he says first? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might the Mock Turtle be so sad, from what he says first? Test 3 · ★★ 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; M
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

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Why might the Mock Turtle be so sad, from what he says first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mock Turtle, he · **What happens:** be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t3:1
# text = Why might the Mock Turtle be so sad, from what he says first?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Mock	Mock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | might | the Mock Turtle |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He was once a real Turtle and now is only a «mock» one

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t3:o1:1
# text = He was once a real Turtle and now is only a «mock» one
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	mock	mock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a real Turtle and a mock |  |  |  | once *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | He *not said here* | a mock |  |  | now |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He wanted to be a real turtle but could not swim fast enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t3:o2:1
# text = He wanted to be a real turtle but could not swim fast enough
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
12	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
13	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a real turtle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **swim** | could | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | enough, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He used to swim in the sea with his friends every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t3:o3:1
# text = He used to swim in the sea with his friends every day
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **swim** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | the sea | day | with his friends | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He lost a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t3:o4:1
# text = He lost a friend
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	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	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | He | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality |

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