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title: Looking back: which creature first told Alice where the Hatter and t… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: which creature first told Alice where the Hatter and the March Hare live? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 13 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party (no room, riddles and Time)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 12 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

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Looking back: which creature first told Alice where the Hatter and the March Hare live?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature, Hatter · **What happens:** look back, tell, live · **To what, where:** Alice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 13 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party (no room, riddles and Time)» 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/13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t12:1
# text = Looking back: which creature first told Alice where the Hatter and the March Hare live?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	iobj	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | which creature *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | which creature |  | Alice |  |  | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent alice=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **live** | infinitive | the Hatter and the March Hare |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Mock Turtle, sighing at the sea shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t12:o1:1
# text = The Mock Turtle, sighing at the sea shore
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Mock	Mock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	sighing	sigh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sigh** | gerund | the Mock Turtle *not said here* |  |  | the sea shore |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The Cheshire Cat, waving one paw and then the other, grinning from the branch of a tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t12:o2:1
# text = The Cheshire Cat, waving one paw and then the other, grinning from the branch of a tree
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Cat	Cat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	grinning	grin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund | the Cheshire Cat *not said here* | one paw |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Patient |
| 2 | **grin** | gerund | the Cheshire Cat *not said here* |  |  | the branch of a tree |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Cheshire Cat, waving one paw and then the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t12:o3:1
# text = The Cheshire Cat, waving one paw and then the other
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Cat	Cat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund | the Cheshire Cat *not said here* | one paw |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Duchess, shaking her baby in the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t12:o4:1
# text = The Duchess, shaking her baby in the kitchen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund | the Duchess | Duchess's baby |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent baby=Theme in kitchen=Trajectory |

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