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title: A boy is blamed for stealing biscuits, and his mum says, «Right, no… — A fair trial, and the Wonderland court… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy is blamed for stealing biscuits, and his mum says, «Right, no telly for a week, now tell me what happened». Which Wonderland mistake is she making? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 191 «A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wrong» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Test 2 · ★★ · A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wr…

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A boy is blamed for stealing biscuits, and his mum says, «Right, no telly for a week, now tell me what happened». Which Wonderland mistake is she making?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** blame, steal, say, tell, happen, make · **To what, where:** boy, biscuits, mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 191 «A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wrong» of the world 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/world/191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy is blamed for stealing biscuits, and his mum says, «Right, no telly for a week, now tell me what happened».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t2:1
# text = A boy is blamed for stealing biscuits, and his mum says, «Right, no telly for a week, now tell me what happened».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	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	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	24	advmod	_	_
24	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
25	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	iobj	_	_
26	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	27	nsubj	_	_
27	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | present · passive |  | a boy |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | gerund |  | biscuits |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location biscuit=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | boy's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | boy's mum *= mum* |  | now |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **happen** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Which Wonderland mistake is she making?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t2:2
# text = Which Wonderland mistake is she making?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	Wonderland	Wonderland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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 | **make** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

## The options {#options}

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

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Sentence first, verdict afterwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t2:o1:1
# text = Sentence first, verdict afterwards
1	Sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	verdict	verdict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Calling an unsigned poem proof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t2:o2:1
# text = Calling an unsigned poem proof
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	unsigned	unsigned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | a unsigned poem proof |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent proof=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Inventing a brand-new Rule Forty-two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t2:o3:1
# text = Inventing a brand-new Rule Forty-two
1	Inventing	invent	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
3	brand	brand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	Rule	Rule	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Forty	forty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | gerund |  | a new Rule Forty |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forty=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Letting a juror forget his name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t2:o4:1
# text = Letting a juror forget his name
1	Letting	let	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	juror	juror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | gerund |  | a juror |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | infinitive | a juror *not said here* | his name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **name** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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