--- title: ★★★ Count the steps the creatures shout out: advance twice, set to p… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Count the steps the creatures shout out: advance twice, set to partners, change lobsters, retire, throw the lobsters, swim after them, somersault, change lobsters again, back to land. How many times do you «change lobsters»? 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How many times do you «change lobsters»? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, creatures, many times, change · **What happens:** count, shout out, advance, set, change, retire · **To what, where:** steps, lobsters, somersault, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 17 · ★★ 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. 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/#t17). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Count the steps the creatures shout out: advance twice, set to partners, change lobsters, retire, throw the lobsters, swim after them, somersault, change lobsters again, back to land. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t17:1 # text = ★★★ Count the steps the creatures shout out: advance twice, set to partners, change lobsters, retire, throw the lobsters, swim after them, somersault, change lobsters again, back to land. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 shout shout VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 12 advance advance VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 partners partner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 20 lobsters lobster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 retire retire VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 lobsters lobster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 swim swim VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 29 after after ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 somersault somersault NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 35 lobsters lobster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | infinitive | ★ | the steps | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme | | 2 | **shout out** *speech: express* | present | the creatures | the steps *not said here* | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Topic | | 3 | **advance** | infinitive | | | | | | twice *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | | | | | | to partners | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **change** | infinitive | | lobsters | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lobster=Patient | | 6 | **retire** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **throw** | infinitive | | the lobsters | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lobster=Theme | | 8 | **swim** | infinitive | | somersault | | | after creatures *= creature* | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **change** | infinitive | | lobsters | | | again | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lobster=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. *Sentence 2:* How many times do you «change lobsters»? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t17:2 # text = How many times do you «change lobsters»? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lobsters lobster VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | many times | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lobster** *in a quote* | present | change | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 1 ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t17:o1:1 # text = 1 1 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 2 ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t17:o2:1 # text = 2 1 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Four times ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t17:o3:1 # text = Four times 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t17:o4:1 # text = Twice 1 Twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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