--- title: Looking back: at the tea-party, when Alice asked what happens when t… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: at the tea-party, when Alice asked what happens when they «come to the beginning again», what happened? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's Story (school under the sea)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's… Looking back: at the tea-party, when Alice asked what happens when they «come to the beginning again», what happened? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice, they, tea party · **What happens:** look back, ask, happen, come · **To what, where:** beginning · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's Story (school under the sea)» 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/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t12:1 # text = Looking back: at the tea-party, when Alice asked what happens when they «come to the beginning again», what happened? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ _ 14 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 « « PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 nsubj _ _ 26 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | at the tea party | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at party=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Alice | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | they | | | | to the beginning; again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to beginning=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **happen** | past | the tea party | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} The Hatter asked Alice a riddle about the Queen and the tea was cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t12:o1:1 # text = The Hatter asked Alice a riddle about the Queen and the tea was cold 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Hatter Hatter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Hatter | a riddle | Alice | | | about the Queen | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the tea | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The March Hare changed the subject, the Dormouse fell asleep, and the Hatter asked Alice to stop asking riddles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t12:o2:1 # text = The March Hare changed the subject, the Dormouse fell asleep, and the Hatter asked Alice to stop asking riddles 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Dormouse Dormouse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Hatter Hatter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 20 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 xcomp _ _ 21 riddles riddle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | the March Hare | the subject | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **fall** | past | the Dormouse | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Hatter | | Alice | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent alice=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Hatter *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the Hatter *not said here* | riddles | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent riddle=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The March Hare changed the subject and the Hatter pushed Alice out of the garden into the very large wood beyond ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t12:o3:1 # text = The March Hare changed the subject and the Hatter pushed Alice out of the garden into the very large wood beyond 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Hatter Hatter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 21 beyond beyond ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | the March Hare | the subject | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **push** | past | the Hatter | Alice | | the garden | | into the large wood; beyond *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent alice=Theme out garden=Initial\_Location into wood=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The March Hare changed the subject — just as the Gryphon does about the twelfth day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t12:o4:1 # text = The March Hare changed the subject — just as the Gryphon does about the twelfth day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 — - PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 twelfth twelfth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | the March Hare | the subject | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **do** | present | the Gryphon | | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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