--- title: Identify the action which the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon describe a… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the action which the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon describe as constituting a principal step of the Lobster Quadrille. Exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/e1/) [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 X, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri… Identify the action which the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon describe as constituting a principal step of the Lobster Quadrille. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Mock Turtle · **What happens:** identify, describe, constitute, step · **To what, where:** action, principal step, Lobster Quadrille This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:e1:1 # text = Identify the action which the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon describe as constituting a principal step of the Lobster Quadrille. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Mock Mock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Turtle Turtle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 describe describe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 constituting constitute VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 Lobster Lobster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Quadrille Quadrille PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the action | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme | | 2 | **describe** | present | the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon | the action | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 3 | **constitute** | gerund | the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon *not said here* | a principal step of the Lobster Quadrille | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme step=Pivot | | 4 | **step** | | | the Lobster Quadrille | | | | | nom step «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} The throwing of the lobsters as far out to sea as possible, and then swimming after them to bring them back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:e1:o1:1 # text = The throwing of the lobsters as far out to sea as possible, and then swimming after them to bring them back 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 throwing throwing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lobsters lobster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 17 after after ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | gerund | | | | | after lobsters *= lobster*; then | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring back** | to-infinitive | | lobsters *= lobster* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The throwing of the lobsters onto the sand, after which the dancers line up in neat rows for the song ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:e1:o2:1 # text = The throwing of the lobsters onto the sand, after which the dancers line up in neat rows for the song 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 throwing throwing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lobsters lobster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 onto onto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dancers dancer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 line line VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 neat neat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **line up** | present | the throwing of the lobsters onto the sand | | | | | for the song; in neat rows | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in row=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The throwing of the lobsters as far out to sea as possible ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:e1:o3:1 # text = The throwing of the lobsters as far out to sea as possible 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 throwing throwing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lobsters lobster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The dancing of the two lines ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:e1:o4:1 # text = The dancing of the two lines 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | | | the two lines | | | | | nom dancing «act transitive»: of=patient | **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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