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title: Ifeoma from Lagos: "The birds no wan stay at all, dem just japa." ("… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ifeoma from Lagos: "The birds no wan stay at all, dem just japa." ("japa" = run away, leave fast.) Why did they "japa"? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long t…

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Ifeoma from Lagos: "The birds no wan stay at all, dem just japa." ("japa" = run away, leave fast.) Why did they "japa"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** birds, japa · **What happens:** stay, run away, leave, do, japa · **To what, where:** all · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again» 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/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ifeoma from Lagos: "The birds no wan stay at all, dem just japa."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t10:1
# text = Ifeoma from Lagos: "The birds no wan stay at all, dem just japa."
1	Ifeoma	Ifeoma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Lagos	Lagos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
9	wan	wan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stay	stay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	dem	dem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
15	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	japa	japa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** *in a quote* |  | the birds |  |  | all |  |  | 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:* ("japa" = run away, leave fast.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t10:2
# text = ("japa" = run away, leave fast.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	japa	japa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | infinitive | japa |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | japa *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Why did they "japa"?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t10:3
# text = Why did they "japa"?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	japa	japa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **japa** *in a quote* |  | birds *= bird* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They were scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t10:o1:1
# text = They were scared
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

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

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Alice said Dinah eats little birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t10:o2:1
# text = Alice said Dinah eats little birds
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** | present | Dinah | little birds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Alice started singing a sad song

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t10:o3:1
# text = Alice started singing a sad song
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | Alice *not said here* | a sad song |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Alice talked about the cat Dinah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t10:o4:1
# text = Alice talked about the cat Dinah
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | Alice |  |  |  |  | about the cat | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cat=Topic |

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