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title: Jimmy from Dublin: "Sure the whole house is mad, yer man's lookin' a… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jimmy from Dublin: "Sure the whole house is mad, yer man's lookin' at the sky and yer woman's singin'." ("yer man" / "yer woman" = that man / that woman.) Who is "looking at the sky"? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 11 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess's kitchen» of the bo
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

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Jimmy from Dublin: "Sure the whole house is mad, yer man's lookin' at the sky and yer woman's singin'." ("yer man" / "yer woman" = that man / that woman.) Who is "looking at the sky"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** whole house · **What happens:** be, look

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This is test 10 · ★★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jimmy from Dublin: "Sure the whole house is mad, yer man's lookin' at the sky and yer woman's singin'."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t10:1
# text = Jimmy from Dublin: "Sure the whole house is mad, yer man's lookin' at the sky and yer woman's singin'."
1	Jimmy	jimmy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Sure	sure	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	yer	yer	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	lookin	lookin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
22	yer	yer	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	_
25	singin	singin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the whole house |  |  |  |  | yer's man's lookin at the sky and yer's woman's singin *obl*; mad *property* | 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:* ("yer man" / "yer woman" = that man / that woman.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t10:2
# text = ("yer man" / "yer woman" = that man / that woman.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	yer	yer	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	/	/	SYM	,	_	9	cc	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	yer	yer	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	13	punct	_	_
12	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
14	/	/	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Who is "looking at the sky"?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t10:3
# text = Who is "looking at the sky"?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | at the sky | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sky=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t10:o1:1
# text = The cat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	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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The cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t10:o2:1
# text = The cook
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Duchess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t10:o3:1
# text = The Duchess
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The Frog-Footman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t10:o4:1
# text = The Frog-Footman
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Frog	Frog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Footman	Footman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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