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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the protagonist's stature upon approaching the small house. Exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the long neck and the Pigeon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the protagonist's stature upon approaching the small house.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, approach · **To what, where:** response, stature, small house

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the long neck and the Pigeon» 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/10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the protagonist's stature upon approaching the small house.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	stature	stature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the protagonist's stature |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus stature=Experiencer |
| 4 | **approach** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the small house |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:e4:o1:1
# text = A foot
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ten inches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:e4:o2:1
# text = Ten inches
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	inches	inch	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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Eight inches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:e4:o3:1
# text = Eight inches
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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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Nine inches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:e4:o4:1
# text = Nine inches
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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