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title: ★★★ First snatch: "a little shriek". Second snatch: "two little shri… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ First snatch: "a little shriek". Second snatch: "two little shrieks". How many shrieks did Alice hear altogether? Test 15 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the White Rabbit's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…

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★★★ First snatch: "a little shriek". Second snatch: "two little shrieks". How many shrieks did Alice hear altogether?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many shrieks · **What happens:** hear

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This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the White Rabbit's house» 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/7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ First snatch: "a little shriek".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t15:1
# text = ★★★ First snatch: "a little shriek".
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	First	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	snatch	snatch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	shriek	shriek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Second snatch: "two little shrieks".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t15:2
# text = Second snatch: "two little shrieks".
1	Second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	amod	_	_
2	snatch	snatch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	shrieks	shriek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* How many shrieks did Alice hear altogether?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t15:3
# text = How many shrieks did Alice hear altogether?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shrieks	shriek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | many shrieks |  |  |  |  | altogether *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t15:o1:1
# text = Two
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Five shrieks in all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t15:o2:1
# text = Five shrieks in all
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	shrieks	shriek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Eleven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t15:o3:1
# text = Eleven
1	Eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	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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Three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t15:o4:1
# text = Three
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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