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title: ★★★ «Porpoise» and «purpose», «soles» and «souls», «whiting» and «wh… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ «Porpoise» and «purpose», «soles» and «souls», «whiting» and «whitening». Which of these pairs is NOT used as a joke in this part? Test 18 · ★★ 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 s
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# Test 18 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

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★★★ «Porpoise» and «purpose», «soles» and «souls», «whiting» and «whitening». Which of these pairs is NOT used as a joke in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** whiten, not use

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This is test 18 · ★★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «Porpoise» and «purpose», «soles» and «souls», «whiting» and «whitening».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t18:1
# text = ★★★ «Porpoise» and «purpose», «soles» and «souls», «whiting» and «whitening».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	_	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Porpoise	porpoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	soles	sole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	souls	soul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	whiting	whiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	whitening	whiten	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whiten** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which of these pairs is NOT used as a joke in this part?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t18:2
# text = Which of these pairs is NOT used as a joke in this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | as a joke in this part | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: which=Duration as joke=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Porpoise and purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t18:o1:1
# text = Porpoise and purpose
1	Porpoise	porpoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eels and heels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t18:o2:1
# text = Eels and heels
1	Eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	heels	heel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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Soles and souls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t18:o3:1
# text = Soles and souls
1	Soles	sole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	souls	soul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Soles and eels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t18:o4:1
# text = Soles and eels
1	Soles	sole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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