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title: ★★★ Alice says the centre of the earth is "four thousand miles down"… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Alice says the centre of the earth is "four thousand miles down". If she has fallen all the way to the middle, how much farther to come out on the other side? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 1 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole (the fall)» of the books course of Mova's primary s
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# Test 15 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

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★★★ Alice says the centre of the earth is "four thousand miles down". If she has fallen all the way to the middle, how much farther to come out on the other side?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, centre · **What happens:** say, be, fall, come out · **To what, where:** way, other side · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★ 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. 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Alice says the centre of the earth is "four thousand miles down".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t15:1
# text = ★★★ Alice says the centre of the earth is "four thousand miles down".
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	compound	_	_
14	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ ★ Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the centre of the earth |  |  |  |  | thousand miles *obl:unmarked*; down *property* | tree rules |

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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:* If she has fallen all the way to the middle, how much farther to come out on the other side?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t15:2
# text = If she has fallen all the way to the middle, how much farther to come out on the other side?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
13	much	much	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	farther	far	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	out	out	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present · perfect | ★ | all way |  |  |  | to the middle | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to middle=Theme |
| 2 | **come out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the other side |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

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

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About four thousand miles more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t15:o1:1
# text = About four thousand miles more
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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About four thousand miles back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t15:o2:1
# text = About four thousand miles back
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Few miles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t15:o3:1
# text = Few miles
1	Few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	miles	mile	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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None at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t15:o4:1
# text = None at all
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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