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title: The verses aren't in the Knave's handwriting, «and that's the queere… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: The verses aren't in the Knave's handwriting, «and that's the queerest thing». How does the King twist this into proof? Test 11 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence…

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The verses aren't in the Knave's handwriting, «and that's the queerest thing». How does the King twist this into proof?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** verses, that, King · **What happens:** not be, be, twist · **To what, where:** handwriting, queerest thing, this, proof

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This is test 11 · ★★★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The verses aren't in the Knave's handwriting, «and that's the queerest thing».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t11:1
# text = The verses aren't in the Knave's handwriting, «and that's the queerest thing».
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	verses	verse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Knave	Knave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	queerest	queer	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
17	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | the verses |  |  | the Knave's handwriting |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the queerest thing |  |  |  |  | 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:* How does the King twist this into proof?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t11:2
# text = How does the King twist this into proof?
1	How	how	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	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	twist	twist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twist** | present · do-support | the King | this |  | proof |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent this=Theme into proof=Trajectory |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He says it's forged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t11:o1:1
# text = He says it's forged
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	forged	forge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **forge** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He says the Knave must have copied someone else's handwriting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t11:o2:1
# text = He says the Knave must have copied someone else's handwriting
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Knave	knave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nmod:poss	_	_
9	else	else	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
11	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **copy** | must · perfect · passive |  | the Knave |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **handwrite** |  | someone |  |  |  |  |  | nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He says the Knave must have forged a signature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t11:o3:1
# text = He says the Knave must have forged a signature
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Knave	knave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	forged	forge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	signature	signature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **forge** | must · perfect · passive |  | the Knave |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary signature=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He says the Knave must have copied the Queen's handwriting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t11:o4:1
# text = He says the Knave must have copied the Queen's handwriting
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Knave	knave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **copy** | must · perfect · passive |  | the Knave |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **handwrite** |  | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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