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title: Looking back: what did Alice do to grow to about two feet high befor… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: what did Alice do to grow to about two feet high before going to the March Hare's house? Test 16 · ★ 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 16 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

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Looking back: what did Alice do to grow to about two feet high before going to the March Hare's house?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice · **What happens:** look back, do, grow, go · **To what, where:** house

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This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t16:1
# text = Looking back: what did Alice do to grow to about two feet high before going to the March Hare's house?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **do** | past · do-support | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **grow** | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to two feet | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **go** | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  | the March Hare's house |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location |

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

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Nibbled the left-hand bit of the mushroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t16:o1:1
# text = Nibbled the left-hand bit of the mushroom
1	Nibbled	nibble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nibble** | participle |  | the hand bit of the mushroom |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nibbled the left-hand bit of the mushroom, then the right-hand bit, which made her shrink

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t16:o2:1
# text = Nibbled the left-hand bit of the mushroom, then the right-hand bit, which made her shrink
1	Nibbled	nibble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	shrink	shrink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nibble** | participle |  | the hand bit of the mushroom |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | past | the hand bit | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |
| 3 | **shrink** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swallowed a bottle marked DRINK ME

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t16:o3:1
# text = Swallowed a bottle marked DRINK ME
1	Swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	DRINK	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	ME	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | participle | you *not said here* | a bottle |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient |
| 2 | **mark** | participle |  | a bottle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **drink** | imperative | you *not said here* | ME |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ate the right-hand bit of the mushroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t16:o4:1
# text = Ate the right-hand bit of the mushroom
1	Ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past |  | the hand bit of the mushroom |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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