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title: Looking back: in chapter VI, the Frog-Footman received a letter. Wha… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter VI, the Frog-Footman received a letter. What was it? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 15 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 10 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

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Looking back: in chapter VI, the Frog-Footman received a letter. What was it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Frog Footman · **What happens:** look back, receive, be · **To what, where:** letter, Footman

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 15 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red)» 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/15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter VI, the Frog-Footman received a letter.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t10:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VI, the Frog-Footman received a letter.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	Frog	Frog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Footman	Footman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Frog Footman *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **receive** | past | the Frog Footman | a letter |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What was it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t10:2
# text = What was it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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An order from the Queen for the Duchess to be beheaded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t10:o1:1
# text = An order from the Queen for the Duchess to be beheaded
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	beheaded	behead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behead** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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An invitation from the Queen for the Duchess to play croquet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t10:o2:1
# text = An invitation from the Queen for the Duchess to play croquet
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
11	croquet	croquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | to-infinitive |  | croquet |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A warning from the Cheshire Cat to the Duchess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t10:o3:1
# text = A warning from the Cheshire Cat to the Duchess
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A letter from the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t10:o4:1
# text = A letter from the King
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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