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title: «Fainting in Coils» hides which real lesson? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Fainting in Coils» hides which real lesson? Test 9 · ★★ 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's choice was 
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

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«Fainting in Coils» hides which real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fainting · **What happens:** hide · **To what, where:** real lesson

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t9:1
# text = «Fainting in Coils» hides which real lesson?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Fainting	fainting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Coils	coil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
6	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	9	det	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | Fainting in Coils | which real lesson |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Drawling, stretching, and fainting in coils, with extra lessons in painting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t9:o1:1
# text = Drawling, stretching, and fainting in coils, with extra lessons in painting
1	Drawling	drawling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fainting	fainting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	coils	coil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | gerund | Drawling | fainting in coils |  |  |  | with extra lessons in painting | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with lesson=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Singing in tune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t9:o2:1
# text = Singing in tune
1	Singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | tune |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tune=Location |

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

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Painting in oils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t9:o3:1
# text = Painting in oils
1	Painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	oils	oil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fainting in coils, with extra lessons in Drawing and Sketching every afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t9:o4:1
# text = Fainting in coils, with extra lessons in Drawing and Sketching every afternoon
1	Fainting	faint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	coils	coil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Drawing	Drawing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Sketching	sketch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **faint** | gerund |  |  |  | coils and extra lessons in Drawing |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **sketch** | gerund |  |  |  |  | afternoon |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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