--- title: Looking back: what did Alice think was «the most curious thing I eve… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: what did Alice think was «the most curious thing I ever saw in my life» in chapter VI? Test 12 · ★★ 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 pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro… Looking back: what did Alice think was «the most curious thing I ever saw in my life» in chapter VI? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice, Looking · **What happens:** look back, think, be, see · **To what, where:** curious thing, life · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★★ 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. 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t12:1 # text = Looking back: what did Alice think was «the most curious thing I ever saw in my life» in chapter VI? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 csubj _ _ 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 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 obl _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 12 advmod _ _ 12 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 16 advmod _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 » » PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 VI VI NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Alice | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Looking | the curious thing | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Alice | the curious thing *not said here* | | my life | ever | in chapter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | 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 {#o1} A smile without a face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t12:o1:1 # text = A smile without a face 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 without without ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A grin without a cat, floating in the air above the croquet ground in the middle of the afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t12:o2:1 # text = A grin without a cat, floating in the air above the croquet ground in the middle of the afternoon 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grin grin NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 3 without without ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 csubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 above above ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 croquet croquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | gerund | | | | the air above the croquet ground | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A grin without a cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t12:o3:1 # text = A grin without a cat 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grin grin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 without without ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} A grin without a cat, which was the most curious thing she had ever seen in her entire life before ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t12:o4:1 # text = A grin without a cat, which was the most curious thing she had ever seen in her entire life before 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grin grin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 without without ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 11 advmod _ _ 11 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 16 advmod _ _ 16 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 before before ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | a grin without a cat and the curious thing | the curious thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past · perfect | cat | the curious thing *not said here* | | cat's entire life | ever | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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