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title: It is given that Alice twice commenced a remark concerning the eatin… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that Alice twice commenced a remark concerning the eating of sea creatures and desisted. Select the response which most accurately characterises her reason. Exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» of
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# Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

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It is given that Alice twice commenced a remark concerning the eating of sea creatures and desisted. Select the response which most accurately characterises her reason.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice, remark, sea creatures, you · **What happens:** give, commence, concern, eat, select, characteris · **To what, where:** It, remark, eating, response

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that Alice twice commenced a remark concerning the eating of sea creatures and desisted.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:e2:1
# text = It is given that Alice twice commenced a remark concerning the eating of sea creatures and desisted.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
7	commenced	commence	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	eating	eating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	desisted	deceased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **commence** | past | Alice | a remark |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Eventuality |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | a remark *not said here* | the eating of sea creatures |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eating=Experiencer |
| 4 | **eat** |  | sea creatures |  |  |  |  |  | nom eating «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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:* Select the response which most accurately characterises her reason.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:e2:2
# text = Select the response which most accurately characterises her reason.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the response |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A wish not to give offence to her companions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:e2:o1:1
# text = A wish not to give offence to her companions
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give** | to-infinitive | a wish | offence | wish's companions |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent offence=Theme to companion=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A wish to hear the rest of the Mock Turtle's story about the whiting before she spoke again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:e2:o2:1
# text = A wish to hear the rest of the Mock Turtle's story about the whiting before she spoke again
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Mock	Mock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	whiting	whiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
19	again	again	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | to-infinitive | a wish | the rest of the Mock Turtle's story about the whiting |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rest=Stimulus |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | wish |  |  |  | again |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A wish not to give offence to her companions, since the creatures were sensitive about being eaten

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:e2:o3:1
# text = A wish not to give offence to her companions, since the creatures were sensitive about being eaten
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	sensitive	sensitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
16	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give** | to-infinitive | a wish | offence | wish's companions |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent offence=Theme to companion=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | past | the creatures |  |  |  |  | sensitive *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund · passive | the creatures *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A desire to keep the dance going

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:e2:o4:1
# text = A desire to keep the dance going
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive | a desire | the dance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | the dance *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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