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title: Looking back to chapter V part 1: the Caterpillar asked "Who are you… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back to chapter V part 1: the Caterpillar asked "Who are you?". How does that question come back here? Test 11 · ★★ 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 dependency tree and pra
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

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Looking back to chapter V part 1: the Caterpillar asked "Who are you?". How does that question come back here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Caterpillar, you, question · **What happens:** look back, ask, be, come back · **To what, where:** chapter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back to chapter V part 1: the Caterpillar asked "Who are you?".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t11:1
# text = Looking back to chapter V part 1: the Caterpillar asked "Who are you?".
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	V	V	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	parataxis	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Caterpillar *not said here* | chapter and part |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Caterpillar |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* How does that question come back here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t11:2
# text = How does that question come back here?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | present · do-support | that question |  |  | here |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Alice is unsure what she is when the Pigeon asks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t11:o1:1
# text = Alice is unsure what she is when the Pigeon asks
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unsure	unsure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Alice |  |  |  |  | unsure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Alice |  |  |  |  | ask *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The Pigeon asks it, and Alice still cannot say

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t11:o2:1
# text = The Pigeon asks it, and Alice still cannot say
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the Pigeon |  | it |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | can | Alice |  |  |  | still |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She answers the same way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t11:o3:1
# text = She answers the same way
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | She | the same way |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She still does not know

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t11:o4:1
# text = She still does not know
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | She |  |  |  | still |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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