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# Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate…

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★★★ Father William says "I have answered three questions". Count the son's questions in the poem (standing on his head, the somersault, the goose, the eel). How many did the son ask?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, you, poem, son · **What happens:** say, answer, count, stand, question, ask · **To what, where:** three questions, questions, poem, somersault, head, many · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Caterpillar» 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/9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Father William says "I have answered three questions".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t15:1
# text = ★★★ Father William says "I have answered three questions".
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	answered	answer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ ★ ★ Father William |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect | ★ ★ ★ Father William *= ★* | three questions |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |

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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:* Count the son's questions in the poem (standing on his head, the somersault, the goose, the eel).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t15:2
# text = Count the son's questions in the poem (standing on his head, the somersault, the goose, the eel).
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	somersault	somersault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | the son's questions |  | the poem |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund | the poem *not said here* | the somersault and the goose and the eel |  | ★'s head |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location |
| 3 | **question** |  | the son |  |  |  |  |  | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 3:* How many did the son ask?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t15:3
# text = How many did the son ask?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | the son | many |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent many=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t15:o1:1
# text = Four
1	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 2 {#o2}

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One

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t15:o2:1
# text = One
1	One	one	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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Three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t15:o3:1
# 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.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t15:o4:1
# 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.

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