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title: Why did Alice decide not to ask the lady which country it was? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Alice decide not to ask the lady which country it was? Test 7 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

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Why did Alice decide not to ask the lady which country it was?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice · **What happens:** decide, not ask · **To what, where:** lady

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t7:1
# text = Why did Alice decide not to ask the lady which country it was?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	11	det	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past · do-support | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  | the lady |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient |

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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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She was embarrassed that the lady would say she was rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t7:o1:1
# text = She was embarrassed that the lady would say she was rude
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | embarrassed *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | the lady |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | lady |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She feared the lady would think her an ignorant little girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t7:o2:1
# text = She feared the lady would think her an ignorant little girl
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	ignorant	ignorant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | would | the lady | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She was afraid the lady would tell her off, and send her to bed without any supper for asking such a foolish question

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t7:o3:1
# text = She was afraid the lady would tell her off, and send her to bed without any supper for asking such a foolish question
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	without	without	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	det	_	_
18	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
21	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	24	det:predet	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | would | the lady |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 3 | **send** | infinitive |  | lady |  | bed |  | without any supper | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bed=Destination |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  | such foolish question |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She was worried the lady would think her silly and rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t7:o4:1
# text = She was worried the lady would think her silly and rude
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | worried *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | would | the lady | her *= she* |  |  |  | silly *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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