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title: Identify the occurrence which induced the protagonist to rise to her… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the occurrence which induced the protagonist to rise to her feet and pursue the White Rabbit. Exam question 1 of lesson 1 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole (the fall)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

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Identify the occurrence which induced the protagonist to rise to her feet and pursue the White Rabbit.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, occurrence · **What happens:** identify, induce, rise, pursue · **To what, where:** occurrence, protagonist, feet, White Rabbit

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole (the fall)» of the books 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/books/1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:e1:1
# text = Identify the occurrence which induced the protagonist to rise to her feet and pursue the White Rabbit.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	induced	induce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	rise	rise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	pursue	pursue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the occurrence |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent occurrence=Theme |
| 2 | **induce** | past | the occurrence | the protagonist |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protagonist=Patient |
| 3 | **rise** | to-infinitive | the occurrence *not said here* | the protagonist *not said here* |  | her feet |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to foot=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **pursue** | present | the occurrence *not said here* | the White Rabbit |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The sudden appearance of a talking rabbit near the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:e1:o1:1
# text = The sudden appearance of a talking rabbit near the bank
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Rabbit's loud complaint about being late for the Duchess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:e1:o2:1
# text = The Rabbit's loud complaint about being late for the Duchess
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	complaint	complaint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the Rabbit's loud complaint *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the Duchess; late *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **complain** |  | the Rabbit |  |  |  |  |  | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The moment when the Rabbit, looking at its own waistcoat, took out a timepiece and held it up to see the hour

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:e1:o3:1
# text = The moment when the Rabbit, looking at its own waistcoat, took out a timepiece and held it up to see the hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	waistcoat	waistcoat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	timepiece	timepiece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund | the Rabbit |  |  |  |  | at Rabbit's own waistcoat | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at waistcoat=Theme |
| 2 | **take out** | past | the moment | a timepiece |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent timepiece=Theme |
| 3 | **hold up** | past | the moment *not said here* | timepiece |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | the moment *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The removal by the Rabbit of a watch from its waistcoat-pocket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:e1:o4:1
# text = The removal by the Rabbit of a watch from its waistcoat-pocket
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
11	waistcoat	waistcoat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  | the Rabbit of a watch from watch's waistcoat pocket |  |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: by=agent |

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