--- title: Why is the Footman's first reason for not knocking funny? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is the Footman's first reason for not knocking funny? Test 3 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice --- [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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t… Why is the Footman's first reason for not knocking funny? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** first reason · **What happens:** be, not knock This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t3:1 # text = Why is the Footman's first reason for not knocking funny? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Footman Footman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 knocking knock VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 11 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Footman's first reason | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **knock** | gerund | the Footman's first reason *not said here* | | | | | funny *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=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} Knocking only works on a locked door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t3:o1:1 # text = Knocking only works on a locked door 1 Knocking knock VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock** | gerund | | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **work** | present | | | | | | on a locked door | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on door=Theme | | 3 | **lock** | participle | | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Knocking is for someone on the other side of a door, and he's outside too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t3:o2:1 # text = Knocking is for someone on the other side of a door, and he's outside too 1 Knocking knocking NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 outside outside ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 too too ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Knocking | | | the other side of a door | | for someone | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | he | | | | | outside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He is on the wrong side of the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t3:o3:1 # text = He is on the wrong side of the wall 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | the wrong side | | of the wall | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because the door is locked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t3:o4:1 # text = Because the door is locked 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | present · passive | | the door | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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