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title: ★★★ Alice says "Down, down, down" and the narrator says it twice. Ho… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Alice says "Down, down, down" and the narrator says it twice. How many separate times does the phrase "Down, down, down" begin a paragraph in this part? Test 16 · ★ 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,
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# Test 16 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

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★★★ Alice says "Down, down, down" and the narrator says it twice. How many separate times does the phrase "Down, down, down" begin a paragraph in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, narrator, many separate times · **What happens:** say, do, begin · **To what, where:** it, phrase, paragraph, part · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Alice says "Down, down, down" and the narrator says it twice.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t16:1
# text = ★★★ Alice says "Down, down, down" and the narrator says it twice.
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	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the narrator | it |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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:* How many separate times does the phrase "Down, down, down" begin a paragraph in this part?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t16:2
# text = How many separate times does the phrase "Down, down, down" begin a paragraph in this part?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	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	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Down	down	ADV	RB	_	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
15	begin	begin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | many separate times | the phrase |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phrase=Eventuality |
| 2 | **begin** | infinitive |  | a paragraph |  | this part |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paragraph=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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0

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t16:o1:1
# text = 0
1	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t16:o2:1
# text = 1
1	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t16:o3:1
# text = Four
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t16:o4:1
# text = Two
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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