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title: Ascertain the proprietor of the Cheshire Cat as declared by Alice. — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the proprietor of the Cheshire Cat as declared by Alice. Exam question 3 of lesson 16 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (a head without a body)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…

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Ascertain the proprietor of the Cheshire Cat as declared by Alice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, declare · **To what, where:** proprietor

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 16 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (a head without a body)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the proprietor of the Cheshire Cat as declared by Alice.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	proprietor	proprietor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	declared	declare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the proprietor of the Cheshire Cat |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proprietor=Topic |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by Alice | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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A Queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:e3:o1:1
# text = A Queen
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Alice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:e3:o2:1
# text = Alice
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The gardeners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:e3:o3:1
# text = The gardeners
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The Duchess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:e3:o4:1
# text = The Duchess
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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