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title: Looking back: in chapter III, the birds all hurried off. What had Al… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 13 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

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Looking back: in chapter III, the birds all hurried off. What had Alice said?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** birds, Alice · **What happens:** look back, hurry off, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★★ 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. 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter III, the birds all hurried off.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter III, the birds all hurried off.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	hurried	hurry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the birds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **hurry off** | past | the birds |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* What had Alice said?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t13:2
# text = What had Alice said?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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That Dinah would «eat a little bird as soon as look at it»

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t13:o1:1
# text = That Dinah would «eat a little bird as soon as look at it»
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | would | that Dinah | a little bird |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient |
| 2 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | that Dinah *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at Dinah | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That Dinah, her cat, would eat a little bird as soon as she looked at it, and the Mouse was not impressed

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t13:o2:1
# text = That Dinah, her cat, would eat a little bird as soon as she looked at it, and the Mouse was not impressed
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
24	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
25	impressed	impressed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | would | that Dinah | a little bird |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient |
| 2 | **look** | past | Dinah |  |  |  |  | at bird | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is** | past | the Mouse |  |  |  |  | impressed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That Dinah would chase a little bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t13:o3:1
# text = That Dinah would chase a little bird
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	chase	chase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | would | that Dinah | a little bird |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That Dinah would «eat a little bird as soon as look at it», and she repeated this several times after the birds had flown away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t13:o4:1
# text = That Dinah would «eat a little bird as soon as look at it», and she repeated this several times after the birds had flown away
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
20	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	obj	_	_
21	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
23	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	flown	fly	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	advcl	_	_
28	away	away	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | would | that Dinah | a little bird |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient |
| 2 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | that Dinah *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at Dinah | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |
| 3 | **repeat** | past | bird | this |  |  | time |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality |
| 4 | **fly away** | past · perfect · passive |  | the birds |  |  |  | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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