--- title: Why does Alice think the March Hare might be less mad now? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does Alice think the March Hare might be less mad now? Test 8 · ★★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig… Why does Alice think the March Hare might be less mad now? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice, March Hare · **What happens:** think, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t8:1 # text = Why does Alice think the March Hare might be less mad now? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 10 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 11 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Alice | | | | now | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | might | the March Hare | | | | | less, mad *property* | tree rules | 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} Because the Hatter is out of tea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t8:o1:1 # text = Because the Hatter is out of tea 1 Because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Hatter Hatter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | tea | | because the Hatter | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because it is May, so the March Hare has been moved to a different time of year and place ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t8:o2:1 # text = Because it is May, so the March Hare has been moved to a different time of year and place 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | May | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **move** | present · perfect · passive | May *not said here* | the March Hare | | | time | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: subject=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because it has eaten the bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t8:o3:1 # text = Because it has eaten the bread 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present · perfect · passive | | it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Because it is May, not March ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t8:o4:1 # text = Because it is May, not March 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | May and March | | | | | tree rules | **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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