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title: ★★★ The White Rabbit blows three blasts before the accusation and th… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The White Rabbit blows three blasts before the accusation and three before calling the first witness. How many blasts in all so far? Test 18 · ★★ of lesson 21 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tarts? (the court and the first witness)» of the books course of Mova's primary s
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# Test 18 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…

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★★★ The White Rabbit blows three blasts before the accusation and three before calling the first witness. How many blasts in all so far?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** blow, call · **To what, where:** three blasts, first witness · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 21 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tarts? (the court and the first witness)» 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/21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1/#t18).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The White Rabbit blows three blasts before the accusation and three before calling the first witness.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t18:1
# text = ★★★ The White Rabbit blows three blasts before the accusation and three before calling the first witness.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	blasts	blast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	accusation	accusation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	conj	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	19	amod	_	_
19	witness	witness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | present | ★ ★ the White Rabbit | three blasts |  |  | before the accusation |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent blast=Patient |
| 2 | **call** | gerund | ★ ★ the White Rabbit *not said here* | the first witness |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent witness=Recipient |

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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:* How many blasts in all so far?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t18:2
# text = How many blasts in all so far?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	blasts	blast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	conj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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6

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t18:o1:1
# text = 6
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Twelve, one for each juror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t18:o2:1
# text = Twelve, one for each juror
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	juror	juror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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3

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t18:o3:1
# text = 3
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nine, counting the one at the start

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t18:o4:1
# text = Nine, counting the one at the start
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund |  | the one |  | the start |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

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