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title: ★★★ The party ran "half an hour or so". If they started at a quarter… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The party ran "half an hour or so". If they started at a quarter past four, about when did the Dodo shout "The race is over!"? Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 5 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing and the Caucus-race» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing…

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★★★ The party ran "half an hour or so". If they started at a quarter past four, about when did the Dodo shout "The race is over!"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, they, race · **What happens:** run, start, do, be · **To what, where:** quarter, Dodo shout · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 5 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing and the Caucus-race» 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/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/#t17).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The party ran "half an hour or so".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t17:1
# text = ★★★ The party ran "half an hour or so".
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | ★ ★ the party |  |  |  | hour |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* If they started at a quarter past four, about when did the Dodo shout "The race is over!"?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t17:2
# text = If they started at a quarter past four, about when did the Dodo shout "The race is over!"?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	past	past	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Dodo	Dodo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	shout	shout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	over	over	ADV	RB	_	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | they |  |  | a quarter |  | past four | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | past | they *not said here* | the Dodo shout |  |  |  | about *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shout=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the race |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Four o'clock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t17:o1:1
# text = Four o'clock
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Half past four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t17:o2:1
# text = Half past four
1	Half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Just after four o'clock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t17:o3:1
# text = Just after four o'clock
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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About a quarter to five

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t17:o4:1
# text = About a quarter to five
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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