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title: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Gryphon's explanation of the whiting's t… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Gryphon's explanation of the whiting's tail is a real fact about fish.» Test 7 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

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Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Gryphon's explanation of the whiting's tail is a real fact about fish.»

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** this, explanation, tail · **What happens:** be, explain · **To what, where:** real fact

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Is this TRUE or FALSE?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t7:1
# text = Is this TRUE or FALSE?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	FALSE	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | this *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* «The Gryphon's explanation of the whiting's tail is a real fact about fish.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t7:2
# text = «The Gryphon's explanation of the whiting's tail is a real fact about fish.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	whiting	whiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the Gryphon's explanation of the whiting's tail | a real fact |  |  |  | about fish | tree rules |
| 2 | **explain** *in a quote* |  | the whiting's tail |  |  |  |  |  | nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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False: it's a made-up chain of «so... so... so...» to sound reasonable

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t7:o1:1
# text = False: it's a made-up chain of «so... so... so...» to sound reasonable
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	...	...	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	...	...	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	...	...	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	sound	sound	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a made chain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sound** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | reasonable *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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False: whitings have no tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t7:o2:1
# text = False: whitings have no tails
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	whitings	whiting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | False whitings | no tails |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True: fish really do get stuck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t7:o3:1
# text = True: fish really do get stuck
1	True	true	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	appos	_	_
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · do-support | fish |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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False: it's a joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t7:o4:1
# text = False: it's a joke
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a False joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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