--- title: Ascertain the cause of the universal sneezing within the kitchen. — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the cause of the universal sneezing within the kitchen. Exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess's kitchen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t… Ascertain the cause of the universal sneezing within the kitchen. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, cause · **To what, where:** cause, universal sneezing This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess's kitchen» 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/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the cause of the universal sneezing within the kitchen. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 universal universal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 sneezing sneezing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 within within ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cause of the universal sneezing | | | | within the kitchen | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic | | 2 | **cause** | | | the universal sneezing | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | 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} A cold in the kitchen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:e2:o1:1 # text = A cold in the kitchen 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Too much smoke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:e2:o2:1 # text = Too much smoke 1 Too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} An excess of pepper in the air ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:e2:o3:1 # text = An excess of pepper in the air 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 excess excess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 pepper pepper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Too much dust in the air ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:e2:o4:1 # text = Too much dust in the air 1 Too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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