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title: Identify the occasion of the overturning of the jury-box. — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the occasion of the overturning of the jury-box. Exam question 1 of lesson 23 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence (Rule Forty-two and the unsigned letter)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence…

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Identify the occasion of the overturning of the jury-box.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, occasion · **What happens:** identify, overturn · **To what, where:** occasion

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence (Rule Forty-two and the unsigned letter)» 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/23-alice-alices-evidence-1/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:e1:1
# text = Identify the occasion of the overturning of the jury-box.
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	_	6	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	overturning	overturn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	jury	jury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 | **overturn** | gerund | the occasion *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the jury box | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Alice's sneezing, unmindful of the jury-box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:e1:o1:1
# text = Alice's sneezing, unmindful of the jury-box
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	sneezing	sneezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	unmindful	unmindful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	jury	jury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneeze** |  | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | nom sneezing «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Alice's hasty turning in her chair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:e1:o2:1
# text = Alice's hasty turning in her chair
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	hasty	hasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  | Alice's chair |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in chair=Trajectory |

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

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Alice's rising in haste, unmindful of her increased size

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:e1:o3:1
# text = Alice's rising in haste, unmindful of her increased size
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	haste	haste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	unmindful	unmindful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	increased	increase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **rise** |  | Alice |  |  | haste |  |  | nom rising «event intransitive»: poss=agent in=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Alice's rising in haste, unmindful of her increased size, after the Queen shouted her name

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:e1:o4:1
# text = Alice's rising in haste, unmindful of her increased size, after the Queen shouted her name
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	haste	haste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	unmindful	unmindful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	increased	increase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | Alice's rising in haste | rising's name |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 3 | **rise** |  | Alice |  |  | haste |  |  | nom rising «event intransitive»: poss=agent in=place |
| 4 | **name** |  | rising |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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