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title: Looking back: «mock» means pretend. Who loved to pretend in chapter… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: «mock» means pretend. Who loved to pretend in chapter I, even playing croquet against herself? Test 16 · ★★ 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 tre
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

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Looking back: «mock» means pretend. Who loved to pretend in chapter I, even playing croquet against herself?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking · **What happens:** look back, mean, pretend, love, play · **To what, where:** mock, chapter, croquet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: «mock» means pretend.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t16:1
# text = Looking back: «mock» means pretend.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	mock	mock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  | mock |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Looking |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **pretend** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Looking *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* Who loved to pretend in chapter I, even playing croquet against herself?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t16:2
# text = Who loved to pretend in chapter I, even playing croquet against herself?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	croquet	croquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	against	against	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pretend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | chapter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | gerund |  | croquet |  |  |  | against herself *= she* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The White Rabbit, always pretending to be a clock and a pig

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t16:o1:1
# text = The White Rabbit, always pretending to be a clock and a pig
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund | the White Rabbit |  |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the White Rabbit *not said here* | a clock and a pig |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Mock Turtle, who was always telling jokes about soup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t16:o2:1
# text = The Mock Turtle, who was always telling jokes about soup
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Mock	Mock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Mock Turtle |  |  |  |  | always, tell *property* | tree rules |

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

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Alice, «very fond of pretending to be two people»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t16:o3:1
# text = Alice, «very fond of pretending to be two people»
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fond	fond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | two people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The Duchess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t16: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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