--- title: Looking back: what was the first sentence in Alice's French lesson-b… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: what was the first sentence in Alice's French lesson-book, which frightened the Mouse in chapter II? Test 14 · ★★ 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 tre --- [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/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's… Looking back: what was the first sentence in Alice's French lesson-book, which frightened the Mouse in chapter II? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** first sentence · **What happens:** look back, be, frighten · **To what, where:** first sentence, French lesson book, Mouse, chapter This is test 14 · ★★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t14:1 # text = Looking back: what was the first sentence in Alice's French lesson-book, which frightened the Mouse in chapter II? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 csubj _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 10 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 II II NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 a** | past | | the first sentence | | Alice's French lesson book | | | tree rules | | 3 | **frighten** | past | the first sentence | the Mouse | | chapter | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mouse=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} «Bonjour» (Hello) ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t14:o1:1 # text = «Bonjour» (Hello) 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Bonjour Bonjour PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Hello hello INTJ UH _ 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} «Oui» (Yes) ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t14:o2:1 # text = «Oui» (Yes) 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oui Oui X FW Foreign=Yes 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} «Où est la souris?» (Where is the mouse?) *Sentence 1:* «Où est la souris?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t14:o3:1 # text = «Où est la souris?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Où Où X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 3 est est X FW Foreign=Yes 2 flat:foreign _ _ 4 la la X FW Foreign=Yes 2 flat:foreign _ _ 5 souris souris X FW Foreign=Yes 2 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* (Where is the mouse?) ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t14:o3:2 # text = (Where is the mouse?) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the mouse | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} «Où est ma chatte?» (Where is my cat?) *Sentence 1:* «Où est ma chatte?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t14:o4:1 # text = «Où est ma chatte?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Où Où PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 3 est est NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 chatte chatte NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* (Where is my cat?) ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2:t14:o4:2 # text = (Where is my cat?) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | my cat | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | **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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