--- title: «Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you mayn't believe it—» «… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics description: «Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you mayn't believe it—» «I never said I didn't!» «You did.» Why is this unfair to Alice? Test 5 · ★★ 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 th --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's… «Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you mayn't believe it—» «I never said I didn't!» «You did.» Why is this unfair to Alice? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, you, I, this · **What happens:** go, not believe, not say, not do, do, be · **To what, where:** sea, Alice · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you mayn't believe it—» «I never said I didn't!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t5:1 # text = «Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you mayn't believe it—» «I never said I didn't!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 though though SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 15 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 — - PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 20 « « PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | past | we | | | the sea | | to school | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **not** **believe** *in a quote* | may | you | sea | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **say** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* «You did.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t5:2 # text = «You did.» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | past | You | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* Why is this unfair to Alice? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t5:3 # text = Why is this unfair to Alice? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 unfair unfair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this | | Alice | | | unfair *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She had not said anything of the kind, so the Mock Turtle should apologise to her and the Gryphon should explain why she is wrong about everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t5:o1:1 # text = She had not said anything of the kind, so the Mock Turtle should apologise to her and the Gryphon should explain why she is wrong about everything 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Mock Mock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Turtle Turtle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 apologise apologise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 23 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 ccomp _ _ 27 about about ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 26 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | She | anything | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic | | 2 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | should | the Mock Turtle | | her *= she* | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | should | the Gryphon | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | Gryphon | | | | | about everything; wrong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} She had not said anything of the kind, but they insist she did, and then they tell her to hold her tongue and stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t5:o2:1 # text = She had not said anything of the kind, but they insist she did, and then they tell her to hold her tongue and stop 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 insist insist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | She | anything | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic | | 2 | **insist** *speech: other* | present | they | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | past | she | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | they | | her *= she* | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **hold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | her tongue | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | | 6 | **stop** | infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} She was wrong about the sea, but they forgot she said nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t5:o3:1 # text = She was wrong about the sea, but they forgot she said nothing 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | about the sea; wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **forget** | past | they | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She had not said anything of the kind, but they insist she did ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t5:o4:1 # text = She had not said anything of the kind, but they insist she did 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 insist insist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | She | anything | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic | | 2 | **insist** *speech: other* | present | they | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | past | she | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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; 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