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title: ★★★ To shrink from her usual height down to nine inches near the hou… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ To shrink from her usual height down to nine inches near the house, which bit did Alice nibble? Use the first nibble as your clue. Test 16 · ★★ 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
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

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★★★ To shrink from her usual height down to nine inches near the house, which bit did Alice nibble? Use the first nibble as your clue.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** house, nine inches, you · **What happens:** shrink, bite, nibble, use · **To what, where:** first nibble

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ To shrink from her usual height down to nine inches near the house, which bit did Alice nibble?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t16:1
# text = ★★★ To shrink from her usual height down to nine inches near the house, which bit did Alice nibble?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	_	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	To	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shrink	shrink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
14	near	near	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	nibble	nibble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrink** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | from her usual height | vn flinch-40.5 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer from height=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bite** | past | the house |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **nibble** | past · do-support | nine inches near the house |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Use the first nibble as your clue.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t16:2
# text = Use the first nibble as your clue.
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	nibble	nibble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	clue	clue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | the first nibble |  |  |  | as your clue | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent nibble=Duration as clue=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The smaller bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t16:o1:1
# text = The smaller bit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The bit she nibbled second, which was the one on the left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t16:o2:1
# text = The bit she nibbled second, which was the one on the left
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	nibbled	nibble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	second	second	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nibble** | past | she | the bit *not said here* |  |  |  | second *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the bit | the one |  | the left |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The right-hand bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t16:o3:1
# text = The right-hand bit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The left-hand bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:10-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon:t16:o4:1
# text = The left-hand bit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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