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title: ★★★ Careful reading: when Alice gets her flamingo back, why does she… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Careful reading: when Alice gets her flamingo back, why does she think it «doesn't matter much» that the hedgehogs are gone? Test 19 · ★★ 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, wit
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# Test 19 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…

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★★★ Careful reading: when Alice gets her flamingo back, why does she think it «doesn't matter much» that the hedgehogs are gone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice, hedgehogs · **What happens:** get back, think, not matter, be · **To what, where:** flamingo · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t19:1
# text = ★★★ Careful reading: when Alice gets her flamingo back, why does she think it «doesn't matter much» that the hedgehogs are gone?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	flamingo	flamingo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
15	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
22	matter	matter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	17	parataxis	_	_
23	much	much	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
25	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nsubj	_	_
28	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | present | Alice | Alice's flamingo |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flamingo=Stimulus |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Alice | flamingo |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | present | the hedgehogs |  |  |  |  | go *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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All the arches are gone from this side of the ground anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t19:o1:1
# text = All the arches are gone from this side of the ground anyway
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	arches	arch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all arches |  |  | this side of the ground |  | anyway, go *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The soldiers have all gone off to fetch the Duchess from the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t19:o2:1
# text = The soldiers have all gone off to fetch the Duchess from the kitchen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | present · perfect | the soldiers |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | the soldiers *not said here* | the Duchess |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent duchess=Theme from kitchen=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her flamingo is now back in her arms again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t19:o3:1
# text = Her flamingo is now back in her arms again
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	flamingo	flamingo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Her flamingo |  |  | her arms | now; again | back *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The hedgehogs were never really useful for croquet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t19:o4:1
# text = The hedgehogs were never really useful for croquet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	croquet	croquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | the hedgehogs |  |  |  |  | for croquet; useful *property* | tree rules |

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