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title: The jurors write their names «for fear they should forget them». Wha… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: The jurors write their names «for fear they should forget them». What does this show? Test 2 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…

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The jurors write their names «for fear they should forget them». What does this show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jurors, this · **What happens:** write, forget, name, show · **To what, where:** names

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The jurors write their names «for fear they should forget them».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t2:1
# text = The jurors write their names «for fear they should forget them».
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jurors	juror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	write	write	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | the jurors | jurors's names |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 2 | **forget** *in a quote* | should | jurors *= juror* | names *= name* |  |  |  | for fear | tree rules |
| 3 | **name** |  | jurors *= juror* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* What does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t2:2
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They are silly jurors who cannot remember their own names at all in court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t2:o1:1
# text = They are silly jurors who cannot remember their own names at all in court
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	jurors	juror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | silly jurors |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **remember** | can | silly jurors | jurors's own names |  | all |  | in court | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 3 | **name** |  | jurors *= juror* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are quite honest jurors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t2:o2:1
# text = They are quite honest jurors
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	jurors	juror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | honest jurors |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They have very good memories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t2:o3:1
# text = They have very good memories
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	memories	memory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | good memories |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They are very silly jurors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t2:o4:1
# text = They are very silly jurors
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	jurors	juror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | silly jurors |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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