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title: Looking back: Alice has met two cats in her mind and in Wonderland.… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: Alice has met two cats in her mind and in Wonderland. How is Dinah different from the Cheshire Cat? Test 12 · ★★ 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 tree and pra
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…

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Looking back: Alice has met two cats in her mind and in Wonderland. How is Dinah different from the Cheshire Cat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice, Dinah · **What happens:** look back, meet, mind, be · **To what, where:** two cats, mind

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This is test 12 · ★★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: Alice has met two cats in her mind and in Wonderland.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t12:1
# text = Looking back: Alice has met two cats in her mind and in Wonderland.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Wonderland	Wonderland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **meet** | present · perfect | Alice | two cats |  | Alice's mind and Wonderland |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **mind** |  | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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:* How is Dinah different from the Cheshire Cat?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t12:2
# text = How is Dinah different from the Cheshire Cat?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dinah |  |  |  |  | from the Cheshire Cat; different *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Dinah stays at home; the Cheshire Cat vanishes and talks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t12:o1:1
# text = Dinah stays at home; the Cheshire Cat vanishes and talks
1	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	vanishes	vanish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | Dinah |  |  | home |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location |
| 2 | **vanish** | present | the Cheshire Cat |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **talk** | present | Dinah *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dinah is a kitten at home in Alice's house, but the Cheshire Cat is grown and talks in Wonderland

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t12:o2:1
# text = Dinah is a kitten at home in Alice's house, but the Cheshire Cat is grown and talks in Wonderland
1	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Wonderland	Wonderland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Dinah | a kitten |  | home in Alice's house |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present · passive |  | the Cheshire Cat |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **talk** | present |  |  |  | Wonderland |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dinah is Alice's pet who sleeps by the fire all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t12:o3:1
# text = Dinah is Alice's pet who sleeps by the fire all day
1	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Dinah | Alice's pet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | Alice's pet |  |  |  | day | by the fire | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dinah stays at home by the fire and never talks, while the Cheshire Cat vanishes, grins, and gives directions

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t12:o4:1
# text = Dinah stays at home by the fire and never talks, while the Cheshire Cat vanishes, grins, and gives directions
1	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	vanishes	vanish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	grins	grin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
22	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | Dinah |  |  | home |  | by the fire | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location |
| 2 | **not** **talk** | present | Dinah *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **vanish** | present | the Cheshire Cat |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **grin** | present | the Cheshire Cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **give** | present |  | directions |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Theme |

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