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title: Looking back: in chapter II, what did Alice believe you always find… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter II, what did Alice believe you always find at the English seaside? Test 16 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

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Looking back: in chapter II, what did Alice believe you always find at the English seaside?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice, you · **What happens:** look back, believe, find · **To what, where:** chapter, English seaside · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t16:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter II, what did Alice believe you always find at the English seaside?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
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	0	root	_	_
6	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	seaside	seaside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **believe** | past · do-support | Alice | chapter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | present | you |  |  | the English seaside |  | always *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bathing machines and children digging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t16:o1:1
# text = Bathing machines and children digging
1	Bathing	bathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund | Bathing machines and children |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lodging houses and a bus station

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t16:o2:1
# text = Lodging houses and a bus station
1	Lodging	lodge	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lodge** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bathing machines, children digging, lodging houses and a railway station, all near the sand and sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t16:o3:1
# text = Bathing machines, children digging, lodging houses and a railway station, all near the sand and sea
1	Bathing	bathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	lodging	lodge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
8	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	railway	railway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	all	all	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	near	near	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund | Bathing machines and children |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lodge** | gerund | Bathing machines and children *not said here* | houses and a railway station |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme house=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Bathing machines, children digging, lodging houses and a railway station

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t16:o4:1
# text = Bathing machines, children digging, lodging houses and a railway station
1	Bathing	bathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	lodging	lodge	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
8	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	railway	railway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund | children *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lodge** | gerund | children *not said here* | houses |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme house=Location |

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