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title: Looking back: what did Alice do wrong the first time she was small e… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 13 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

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Looking back: what did Alice do wrong the first time she was small enough for the little door, in chapter I?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice · **What happens:** look back, wrong, be · **To what, where:** first time

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 14 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party (the treacle-well and the garden at last)» 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/14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t13:1
# text = Looking back: what did Alice do wrong the first time she was small enough for the little door, in chapter I?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
23	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **wrong** | past · do-support | Alice |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | Alice | the first time *not said here* |  |  |  | for the little door; enough, small *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She forgot the golden key on the glass table, and couldn't reach it

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t13:o1:1
# text = She forgot the golden key on the glass table, and couldn't reach it
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | She | the golden key |  | the glass table |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **reach** | could |  | key |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She ate the cake and grew too big for the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t13:o2:1
# text = She ate the cake and grew too big for the hall
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | She | the cake |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She forgot the golden key on the glass table, then grew so tall that she could not reach it, and her head hit the ceiling

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t13:o3:1
# text = She forgot the golden key on the glass table, then grew so tall that she could not reach it, and her head hit the ceiling
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | She | the golden key |  | the glass table |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  | then | tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **reach** | could | she | key |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **hit** | past | her head | the ceiling |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ceiling=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She went through the door without the mushroom at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t13:o4:1
# text = She went through the door without the mushroom at all
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | She |  |  | the door |  | without the mushroom; at all | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through door=Initial\_Location |

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