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title: Ryan from Bristol: «the cook gave gurt long evidence about tarts.» (… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ryan from Bristol: «the cook gave gurt long evidence about tarts.» (gurt = great, big) Put it right. Test 9 · ★★★ 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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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

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Ryan from Bristol: «the cook gave gurt long evidence about tarts.» (gurt = great, big) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ryan, gurt · **What happens:** give, gurt, put · **To what, where:** gurt long evidence, evidence

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ryan from Bristol: «the cook gave gurt long evidence about tarts.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t9:1
# text = Ryan from Bristol: «the cook gave gurt long evidence about tarts.»
1	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	gurt	gurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	tarts	tart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | past | Ryan from Bristol | gurt long evidence |  |  |  | about tarts | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme |
| 2 | **gurt** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* (gurt = great, big) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t9:2
# text = (gurt = great, big) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	gurt	gurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	punct	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
8	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive | gurt | evidence |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She said «Pepper», then «Shan't»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t9:o1:1
# text = She said «Pepper», then «Shan't»
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Sha	Sha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She | Pepper |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She said «Shan't»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t9:o2:1
# text = She said «Shan't»
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Sha	Sha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She said «Shan't», then only «Pepper, mostly»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t9:o3:1
# text = She said «Shan't», then only «Pepper, mostly»
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Sha	Sha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She said «Treacle», then «Pepper»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t9:o4:1
# text = She said «Treacle», then «Pepper»
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Treacle	treacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She | Treacle |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent treacle=Topic |

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