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title: Looking back: «Twinkle, twinkle, little bat» comes out wrong, like p… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: «Twinkle, twinkle, little bat» comes out wrong, like poems earlier in the book. Which one did Alice get wrong for the Caterpillar? Test 15 · ★ 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 scho
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# Test 15 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

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Looking back: «Twinkle, twinkle, little bat» comes out wrong, like poems earlier in the book. Which one did Alice get wrong for the Caterpillar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking, one · **What happens:** look back, come out, get · **To what, where:** Twinkle

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This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: «Twinkle, twinkle, little bat» comes out wrong, like poems earlier in the book.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t15:1
# text = Looking back: «Twinkle, twinkle, little bat» comes out wrong, like poems earlier in the book.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	out	out	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  | Twinkle and twinkle |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come out** | present | Looking |  |  |  |  | early, out, wrong *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

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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:* Which one did Alice get wrong for the Caterpillar?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t15:2
# text = Which one did Alice get wrong for the Caterpillar?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | which one |  |  |  |  | for the Caterpillar; wrong *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for caterpillar=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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«How doth»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t15:o1:1
# text = «How doth»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	doth	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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«Twinkle»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t15:o2:1
# text = «Twinkle»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«How doth the little crocodile»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t15:o3:1
# text = «How doth the little crocodile»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	doth	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present |  | the little crocodile |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crocodile=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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«You are old, Father William»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t15:o4:1
# text = «You are old, Father William»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	_
7	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You |  |  |  |  | Father *vocative*; old *property* | tree rules |

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