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title: Dad, sarcastic: "Oh brilliant, shrink yourself and leave the key on… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, sarcastic: "Oh brilliant, shrink yourself and leave the key on the table, genius." What mistake does he mean? Test 7 · ★ 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 pragma
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# Test 7 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors,…

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Dad, sarcastic: "Oh brilliant, shrink yourself and leave the key on the table, genius." What mistake does he mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mistake · **What happens:** shrink, leave, mean · **To what, where:** yourself, key, table

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, sarcastic: "Oh brilliant, shrink yourself and leave the key on the table, genius."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t7:1
# text = Dad, sarcastic: "Oh brilliant, shrink yourself and leave the key on the table, genius."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sarcastic	sarcastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
7	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	shrink	shrink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
10	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrink** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | yourself |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the key |  | the table and genius |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent key=Theme on table=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What mistake does he mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t7:2
# text = What mistake does he mean?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | what mistake |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Alice drank a bottle of poison by accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t7:o1:1
# text = Alice drank a bottle of poison by accident
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past | Alice | a bottle of poison |  |  |  | by accident | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Alice forgot the key before she shrank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t7:o2:1
# text = Alice forgot the key before she shrank
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	shrank	shrink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | Alice | the key |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shrink** | past | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Alice gave the key to the Rabbit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t7:o3:1
# text = Alice gave the key to the Rabbit
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Alice | the key | the Rabbit |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent key=Theme to rabbit=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Alice lost the key down the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door:t7:o4:1
# text = Alice lost the key down the well
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | Alice | the key |  |  |  | down the well | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Eventuality |

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