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title: Why does the Queen want the list of the singers in the last concert? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does the Queen want the list of the singers in the last concert? Test 3 · ★★★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

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Why does the Queen want the list of the singers in the last concert?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** want, list · **To what, where:** list, singers

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t3:1
# text = Why does the Queen want the list of the singers in the last concert?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	singers	singer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present · do-support | the Queen | the list of the singers in the last concert |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot list=Theme |
| 2 | **list** |  |  | the singers in the last concert |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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She wants to know who sang there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t3:o1:1
# text = She wants to know who sang there
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Hatter sang there and she said he was «murdering the time» by singing so slowly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t3:o2:1
# text = The Hatter sang there and she said he was «murdering the time» by singing so slowly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	murdering	murder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
15	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the Hatter |  |  | there |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hatter |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **murder** *in a quote* | past · progressive | he |  |  |  | time |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | Hatter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To check whether the Hatter sang well at the concert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t3:o3:1
# text = To check whether the Hatter sang well at the concert
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the Hatter |  |  | the concert |  | well *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at concert=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The Hatter sang there and she said he was «murdering the time»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t3:o4:1
# text = The Hatter sang there and she said he was «murdering the time»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	murdering	murder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the Hatter |  |  | there |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hatter |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **murder** *in a quote* | past · progressive | he |  |  |  | time |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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