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title: Looking back: in chapter VIII the Duchess was in prison. Why, accord… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter VIII the Duchess was in prison. Why, according to the White Rabbit? Test 15 · ★★ 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
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# Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

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Looking back: in chapter VIII the Duchess was in prison. Why, according to the White Rabbit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Duchess · **What happens:** look back, be, accord · **To what, where:** prison

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This is test 15 · ★★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter VIII the Duchess was in prison.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t15:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VIII the Duchess was in prison.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
6	VIII	VIII	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	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 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Duchess |  |  | prison |  | in chapter | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why, according to the White Rabbit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t15:2
# text = Why, according to the White Rabbit?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She sneezed at the Queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t15:o1:1
# text = She sneezed at the Queen
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sneezed	sneeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneeze** | past | She |  |  |  |  | at the Queen | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She boxed the Queen's ears, and the Queen had her put into prison by the King at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t15:o2:1
# text = She boxed the Queen's ears, and the Queen had her put into prison by the King at once
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	boxed	box	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
13	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	compound	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **box** | past | She | the Queen's ears |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **have** | past | the Queen | Queen's put King |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
| 3 | **put** | participle |  |  |  | prison |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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

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She boxed the Queen's ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t15:o3:1
# text = She boxed the Queen's ears
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	boxed	box	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **box** | past | She | the Queen's ears |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She boxed the Queen's ears for being rude to the baby and the pig in the garden

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t15:o4:1
# text = She boxed the Queen's ears for being rude to the baby and the pig in the garden
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	boxed	box	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **box** | past | She | the Queen's ears |  | the garden |  | to the baby and the pig | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ear=Theme in garden=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

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