--- title: Ascertain the evidence furnished by the cook in respect of the compo… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the evidence furnished by the cook in respect of the composition of tarts. Exam question 3 of lesson 22 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? 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(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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the evidence furnished by the cook in respect of the composition of tarts. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 furnished furnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 composition composition NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 tarts tart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the evidence | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Topic | | 2 | **furnish** | participle | | the evidence *not said here* | | respect of the composition of tarts | | by the cook | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **respect** | | | the composition of tarts | | | | | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} That they were made mostly of pepper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:e3:o1:1 # text = That they were made mostly of pepper 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 pepper pepper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | That | | | | of pepper | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pepper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:e3:o2:1 # text = Pepper 1 Pepper pepper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Mostly treacle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:e3:o3:1 # text = Mostly treacle 1 Mostly mostly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 treacle treacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} That they were made mostly of treacle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:e3:o4:1 # text = That they were made mostly of treacle 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 treacle treacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | That | | | | of treacle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | **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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