--- title: It is given that the Cat claimed to growl when pleased. Determine th… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that the Cat claimed to growl when pleased. Determine the term which the protagonist preferred for this sound. Exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig and the Cheshire Cat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat/e3/) [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/12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig… It is given that the Cat claimed to growl when pleased. Determine the term which the protagonist preferred for this sound. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cat, you, protagonist · **What happens:** give, claim, growl, determine, prefer · **To what, where:** It, term This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig and the Cheshire Cat» 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/12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that the Cat claimed to growl when pleased. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:e3:1 # text = It is given that the Cat claimed to growl when pleased. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 growl growl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 11 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | the Cat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **growl** | to-infinitive | the Cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the term which the protagonist preferred for this sound. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:e3:2 # text = Determine the term which the protagonist preferred for this sound. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 protagonist protagonist NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 preferred prefer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the term | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Topic | | 2 | **prefer** | past | the protagonist | the term | | | | for this sound | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus for sound=Attribute | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Mew ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:e3:o1:1 # text = Mew 1 Mew mew NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Purring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:e3:o2:1 # text = Purring 1 Purring purr VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purr** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hum ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:e3:o3:1 # text = Hum 1 Hum hum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Whining ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:e3:o4:1 # text = Whining 1 Whining whining NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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