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title: In the Queen's game the balls are hedgehogs, the mallets are flaming… — Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet,… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the Queen's game the balls are hedgehogs, the mallets are flamingos and the hoops are soldiers bent double. What would they be in real croquet? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 81 «Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shillings and chimney sweeps» of the history course of Mova's primary sc
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shi…

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In the Queen's game the balls are hedgehogs, the mallets are flamingos and the hoops are soldiers bent double. What would they be in real croquet?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** balls, mallets, hedgehogs · **What happens:** be, bend · **To what, where:** hedgehogs, game, flamingos, soldiers, real croquet

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the Queen's game the balls are hedgehogs, the mallets are flamingos and the hoops are soldiers bent double.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t4:1
# text = In the Queen's game the balls are hedgehogs, the mallets are flamingos and the hoops are soldiers bent double.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mallets	mallet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	flamingos	flamingo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hoops	hoop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
18	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
20	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
21	double	double	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the balls | hedgehogs and flamingos and the hoops |  | the Queen's game |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the mallets | flamingos |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | hedgehogs and flamingos and the hoops | soldiers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **bend** | participle |  | soldiers *not said here* |  |  |  | double *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What would they be in real croquet?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t4:2
# text = What would they be in real croquet?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	croquet	croquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | hedgehogs *= hedgehog* |  |  | real croquet |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Tennis balls, rackets and a net

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t4:o1:1
# text = Tennis balls, rackets and a net
1	Tennis	tennis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	rackets	racket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Snooker balls, cues and pockets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t4:o2:1
# text = Snooker balls, cues and pockets
1	Snooker	snooker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	cues	cue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Wooden balls, wooden mallets and metal or wire hoops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t4:o3:1
# text = Wooden balls, wooden mallets and metal or wire hoops
1	Wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mallets	mallet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	hoops	hoop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Footballs, cricket bats and two goalposts made of painted wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t4:o4:1
# text = Footballs, cricket bats and two goalposts made of painted wood
1	Footballs	football	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	goalposts	goalpost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | two goalposts *not said here* |  |  |  | of painted wood | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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