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title: Why does the book call it "stupid" that life went "on in the common… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does the book call it "stupid" that life went "on in the common way" after the cake? Test 6 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors,…

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Why does the book call it "stupid" that life went "on in the common way" after the cake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** book, that · **What happens:** call, go · **To what, where:** it, common way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t6:1
# text = Why does the book call it "stupid" that life went "on in the common way" after the cake?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	after	after	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · do-support | the book | it |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 2 | **go** | past | that |  |  | the common way | after the cake |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location |

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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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Alice now expected strange things to happen every time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t6:o1:1
# text = Alice now expected strange things to happen every time
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	expected	expect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | past | Alice | strange things |  |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | strange things *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cake tasted stale and dry and quite horrible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t6:o2:1
# text = The cake tasted stale and dry and quite horrible
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tasted	taste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	stale	stale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	horrible	horrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | past | the cake |  |  |  |  | stale *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Alice was tired and wanted to go back to bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t6:o3:1
# text = Alice was tired and wanted to go back to bed
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Alice |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to bed *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her sister had said that cake makes you stupid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t6:o4:1
# text = Her sister had said that cake makes you stupid
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Her sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present | cake | you |  |  |  | stupid *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |

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