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title: What would have happened if Alice had picked up the key before she d… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if Alice had picked up the key before she drank? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 2 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors, DRINK ME and EAT ME» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors,…

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What would have happened if Alice had picked up the key before she drank?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice · **What happens:** happen, pick up, drink · **To what, where:** key

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors, DRINK ME and EAT ME» 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/2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t3:1
# text = What would have happened if Alice had picked up the key before she drank?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pick up** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Alice | the key |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Topic |
| 3 | **drink** | past | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She could have unlocked the little door and gone in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t3:o1:1
# text = She could have unlocked the little door and gone in
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	unlocked	unlock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unlock** | could · perfect | She | the little door |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 2 | **go in** | participle | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The key would have grown too heavy for her to carry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t3:o2:1
# text = The key would have grown too heavy for her to carry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | would · perfect · passive |  | the key |  |  |  | heavy *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The bottle would have refused to make her any smaller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t3:o3:1
# text = The bottle would have refused to make her any smaller
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	refused	refuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | would · perfect · passive |  | the bottle |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The little door would have vanished behind the curtain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t3:o4:1
# text = The little door would have vanished behind the curtain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	curtain	curtain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | would · perfect · passive |  | the little door |  | the curtain |  |  | tree rules |

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