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description: Identify the occasion of the Hatter's trembling to the point that both his shoes were shaken off. Exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise witness)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

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Identify the occasion of the Hatter's trembling to the point that both his shoes were shaken off.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, occasion · **What happens:** identify, tremble, shake off · **To what, where:** occasion, shoes

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise witness)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:e1:1
# text = Identify the occasion of the Hatter's trembling to the point that both his shoes were shaken off.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	trembling	tremble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obj	_	_
13	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	shaken	shake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
18	off	off	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the occasion |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent occasion=Theme |
| 2 | **tremble** | gerund | the occasion *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the point | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **shake off** | past · passive |  | Hatter's shoes |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme that=Destination |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The sneezing guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:e1:o1:1
# text = The sneezing guests
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sneezing	sneezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Queen's order to count the singers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:e1:o2:1
# text = The Queen's order to count the singers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	singers	singer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | to-infinitive |  | the singers |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent singer=Theme |
| 2 | **order** |  | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Queen's demand for the list of singers at the last concert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:e1:o3:1
# text = The Queen's demand for the list of singers at the last concert
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	demand	demand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	singers	singer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** |  | the Queen |  |  |  |  | for the list of singers at the last concert | nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
| 2 | **list** |  |  | singers at the last concert |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The King's question about tea and tarts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:e1:o4:1
# text = The King's question about tea and tarts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tarts	tart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **question** |  | the King |  |  |  |  | about tea | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl |

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