--- title: Why does the jury adding up three dates as shillings and pence make… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does the jury adding up three dates as shillings and pence make no sense? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 21 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tarts? 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(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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t6:1 # text = Why does the jury adding up three dates as shillings and pence make no sense? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 jury jury NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 adding add VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 dates date NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 shillings shilling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the jury | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jury=Eventuality | | 2 | **add up** *speech: assert* | gerund | the jury *not said here* | three dates | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Patient | | 3 | **make** | present | shillings and pence | no sense | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sense=Product | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Shillings are too old to use in court now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t6:o1:1 # text = Shillings are too old to use in court now 1 Shillings shilling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Shillings | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | Shillings *not said here* | | | court | now | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dates are not money ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t6:o2:1 # text = Dates are not money 1 Dates date NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Dates | money | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sum is wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t6:o3:1 # text = The sum is wrong 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the sum | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Dates are not money, and adding them gives nothing useful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t6:o4:1 # text = Dates are not money, and adding them gives nothing useful 1 Dates date NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 adding add VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 obj _ _ 11 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Dates | money | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | | Dates *= date* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 3 | **give** | present | adding | nothing | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | **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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