Violet said that a giraffe shortened the teacher .
* teacher ( x _ 7 ) ; say . agent ( x _ 1 , Violet ) AND say . ccomp ( x _ 1 , x _ 5 ) AND giraffe ( x _ 4 ) AND shorten . agent ( x _ 5 , x _ 4 ) AND shorten . theme ( x _ 5 , x _ 7 )