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title: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «Bill the Lizard writes a full history of the… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «Bill the Lizard writes a full history of the accident.» Test 3 · ★★★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence…

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Is this TRUE or FALSE? «Bill the Lizard writes a full history of the accident.»

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** this, Bill · **What happens:** be, write · **To what, where:** full history

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Is this TRUE or FALSE?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t3:1
# text = Is this TRUE or FALSE?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	FALSE	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | this *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* «Bill the Lizard writes a full history of the accident.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t3:2
# text = «Bill the Lizard writes a full history of the accident.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Bill	Bill	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Lizard	Lizard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** *in a quote* | present | Bill | a full history of the accident |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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True: he writes it all down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t3:o1:1
# text = True: he writes it all down
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | he | it |  |  |  | down *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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False, he sleeps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t3:o2:1
# text = False, he sleeps
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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False: he writes a short note in pencil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t3:o3:1
# text = False: he writes a short note in pencil
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | he | a short note |  | pencil |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent note=Theme in pencil=Destination |

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

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False: he just sits with his mouth open, gazing at the roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t3:o4:1
# text = False: he just sits with his mouth open, gazing at the roof
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	gazing	gaze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | he |  |  |  |  | with his mouth; open *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **gaze** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the roof | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at roof=Theme |

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