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title: Looking back: in chapter VI, what did the Duchess shout at the baby… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter VI, what did the Duchess shout at the baby that made Alice jump? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 17 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's Story (the Duchess and her morals)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

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Looking back: in chapter VI, what did the Duchess shout at the baby that made Alice jump?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Duchess, baby, Alice · **What happens:** look back, shout, make, jump · **To what, where:** chapter, baby, Alice

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 17 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's Story (the Duchess and her morals)» 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/17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t11:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VI, what did the Duchess shout at the baby that made Alice jump?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
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	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	shout	shout	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past · do-support | the Duchess | chapter |  | the baby |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 3 | **make** | past | the baby | Alice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **jump** | infinitive | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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«Oi!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t11:o1:1
# text = «Oi!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Cat!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t11:o2:1
# text = «Cat!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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«Pig!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t11:o3:1
# text = «Pig!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Ow!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t11:o4:1
# text = «Ow!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ow	ow	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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