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title: Looking back: in chapter VI Alice went to the March Hare's thinking… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter VI Alice went to the March Hare's thinking «as this is May» he would be what? Test 13 · ★ 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 pragmatic
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# Test 13 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

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Looking back: in chapter VI Alice went to the March Hare's thinking «as this is May» he would be what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice, this · **What happens:** look back, go, think, be · **To what, where:** May · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VI Alice went to the March Hare's thinking «as this is May» he would be what?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	VI	VI	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	_
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	May	May	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
22	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	cop	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | May |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | would | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Not quite so mad as he was in March

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t13:o1:1
# text = Not quite so mad as he was in March
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
2	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | as March | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Just as mad as he always was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t13:o2:1
# text = Just as mad as he always was
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | he |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not quite so mad as he was in March, but still quite mad as a hatter in the afternoon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t13:o3:1
# text = Not quite so mad as he was in March, but still quite mad as a hatter in the afternoon
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
2	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	appos	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hatter	hatter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | as March | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Less mad, and more like a rabbit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t13:o4:1
# text = Less mad, and more like a rabbit
1	Less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
2	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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