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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Alice's word games: puns, parodies and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the riddle propounded by the Hatter. Exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 3 · Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the riddle propounded by the Hatter.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, propound · **To what, where:** response, riddle

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/language/41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the riddle propounded by the Hatter.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	propounded	propound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the riddle |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus riddle=Experiencer |
| 4 | **propound** | participle |  | the riddle *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Hatter | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

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It was devised without any answer, as the author subsequently acknowledged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:e3:o1:1
# text = It was devised without any answer, as the author subsequently acknowledged
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	devised	devise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
11	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devise** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | without any answer | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **acknowledge** | participle |  | the author *not said here* |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Its answer is supplied by the Dormouse at the close of the chapter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:e3:o2:1
# text = Its answer is supplied by the Dormouse at the close of the chapter
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	supplied	supply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | present · passive | the Dormouse | Its answer |  | the close of the chapter |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **answer** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its answer appears upon the final page of the volume

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:e3:o3:1
# text = Its answer appears upon the final page of the volume
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | Its answer |  |  | the final page of the volume |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon page=Location |
| 2 | **answer** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **page** |  |  | the volume |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Its answer is revealed by the Queen of Hearts during the trial of the Knave

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:e3:o4:1
# text = Its answer is revealed by the Queen of Hearts during the trial of the Knave
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Hearts	Heart	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Knave	Knave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | present · passive | the Queen of Hearts | Its answer |  |  | during the trial of the Knave |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |
| 2 | **answer** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **try** |  |  | the Knave |  |  |  |  | nom trial «act transitive»: of=patient |

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**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.

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