--- title: ★★★ Which of these is Carroll making a saying come TRUE, rather than… — Off with her head and the finest house… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Which of these is Carroll making a saying come TRUE, rather than a character exaggerating? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 54 «Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice and Toad» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad/t11/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Off with her head and the finest house…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice… ★★★ Which of these is Carroll making a saying come TRUE, rather than a character exaggerating? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, saying, character · **What happens:** make, come, exaggerate · **To what, where:** saying This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 54 «Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice and Toad» of the language 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/language/54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:t11:1 # text = ★★★ Which of these is Carroll making a saying come TRUE, rather than a character exaggerating? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 Carroll Carroll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 saying saying NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 TRUE true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 19 cc _ _ 16 than than ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 exaggerating exaggerate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · progressive | ★ ★ ★ | a saying | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | a saying *not said here* | | | | | true *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **exaggerate** | gerund | a character | | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} The Queen's «Off with her head!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:t11:o1:1 # text = The Queen's «Off with her head!» 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Off off ADV RB _ 2 parataxis _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Toad's «Finest house on the whole river» ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:t11:o2:1 # text = Toad's «Finest house on the whole river» 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The pool from Alice's gallons of tears ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:t11:o3:1 # text = The pool from Alice's gallons of tears 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 gallons gallon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Rabbit's «how late it's getting!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:t11:o4:1 # text = The Rabbit's «how late it's getting!» 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Rabbit | | | | | late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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. 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