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title: Looking back: the flamingo's long, bending neck is like Alice's own… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: the flamingo's long, bending neck is like Alice's own neck in chapter V. Who called Alice a «Serpent!» then? Test 15 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…

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Looking back: the flamingo's long, bending neck is like Alice's own neck in chapter V. Who called Alice a «Serpent!» then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking, own neck · **What happens:** look back, bend, be, call · **To what, where:** long, neck, chapter, Alice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t15:1
# text = Looking back: the flamingo's long, bending neck is like Alice's own neck in chapter V. Who called Alice a «Serpent!» then?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	flamingo	flamingo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bending	bend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
10	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	V.	V.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
20	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
22	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
28	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  | the flamingo's long |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bend** | gerund |  | neck |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent neck=Material |
| 3 | **is** | present | Looking |  |  | chapter | then | like Alice's own neck | tree rules |
| 4 | **call** | past | Alice's own neck |  | Alice |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent alice=Recipient |

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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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The Pigeon, in chapter V, after she had been up in the tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t15:o1:1
# text = The Pigeon, in chapter V, after she had been up in the tree
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	V	v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | she |  |  |  | after the tree |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Mouse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t15:o2:1
# text = The Mouse
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Pigeon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t15:o3:1
# text = The Pigeon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Duchess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t15: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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