---
title: The Mad Tea-Party has a table set for many but only three guests. Wh… — Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet,… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Mad Tea-Party has a table set for many but only three guests. Which real custom is it making fun of? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 81 «Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shillings and chimney sweeps» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps/t3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps/) / t3

# Test 3 · ★★ · Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shi…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Mad Tea-Party has a table set for many but only three guests. Which real custom is it making fun of?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mad Tea Party · **What happens:** have, make · **To what, where:** table set, fun

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 81 «Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shillings and chimney sweeps» of the history 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/history/81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps/#t3).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* The Mad Tea-Party has a table set for many but only three guests.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t3:1
# text = The Mad Tea-Party has a table set for many but only three guests.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	Tea	Tea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Party	Party	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Mad Tea Party | a table set |  |  |  | for many three guests | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Which real custom is it making fun of?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t3:2
# text = Which real custom is it making fun of?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · progressive |  | fun |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A big Christmas dinner with crackers and turkey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t3:o1:1
# text = A big Christmas dinner with crackers and turkey
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	crackers	cracker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	turkey	turkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Afternoon tea, with its cups, bread and butter and polite talk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t3:o2:1
# text = Afternoon tea, with its cups, bread and butter and polite talk
1	Afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A picnic on the beach with sandwiches, lemonade and a big umbrella in case it rains

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t3:o3:1
# text = A picnic on the beach with sandwiches, lemonade and a big umbrella in case it rains
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sandwiches	sandwich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
15	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	fixed	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
17	rains	rain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rain** | present | a picnic on the beach with sandwiches and lemonade and a big umbrella in case |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A school lunch eaten quickly in a noisy hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t3:o4:1
# text = A school lunch eaten quickly in a noisy hall
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | participle |  | a school lunch *not said here* |  | a noisy hall |  | quickly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet,…, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps/t2/)
- next →: [Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet,…, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps/t4/)
- ↑ back to [Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shillings and chimney sweeps](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps/)