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title: It is given that the protagonist intended to refer to the Antipodes.… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that the protagonist intended to refer to the Antipodes. Determine the term she in fact employed. Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

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It is given that the protagonist intended to refer to the Antipodes. Determine the term she in fact employed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** protagonist, you, term · **What happens:** give, intend, refer, determine, employ · **To what, where:** It, term, protagonist, fact

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the protagonist intended to refer to the Antipodes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:e3:1
# text = It is given that the protagonist intended to refer to the Antipodes.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	intended	intend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	refer	refer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Antipodes	antipode	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **intend** | past | the protagonist |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **refer** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the protagonist *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Antipodes | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to antipode=Co-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:* Determine the term she in fact employed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:e3:2
# text = Determine the term she in fact employed.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
7	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the term |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Topic |
| 2 | **employ** | participle · passive | the term *not said here* | protagonist |  | fact |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Antipodes, which is the word she meant to say about the opposite side of the world

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:e3:o1:1
# text = The Antipodes, which is the word she meant to say about the opposite side of the world
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Antipodes	antipode	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Antipodes | the word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | past | she | the word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the opposite side of the world | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Antipathies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:e3:o2:1
# text = The Antipathies
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Antipathies	antipathy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Antiquities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:e3:o3:1
# text = The Antiquities
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Antiquities	antiquity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Antipathetic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:e3:o4:1
# text = The Antipathetic
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Antipathetic	antipathetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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