--- title: Ascertain the remark of the Gryphon upon Alice's expressed preferenc… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the remark of the Gryphon upon Alice's expressed preference for a song. Exam question 3 of lesson 20 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadrille (poems gone wrong and Beautiful Soup)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadri… Ascertain the remark of the Gryphon upon Alice's expressed preference for a song. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Alice · **What happens:** ascertain, express, remark, prefer · **To what, where:** remark, Gryphon This is exam question 3 of lesson 20 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadrille (poems gone wrong and Beautiful Soup)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the remark of the Gryphon upon Alice's expressed preference for a song. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 remark remark NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 preference preference NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the remark of the Gryphon | | | | upon Alice's expressed preference for a song | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Topic | | 2 | **express** | participle | | | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **remark** | | | the Gryphon | | | | upon Alice's expressed preference for a song | nom remark «communication transitive»: of=patient upon=obl | | 4 | **prefer** | | Alice | | | | | for a song | nom preference «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 {#o1} «Well, that is a matter of taste» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:e3:o1:1 # text = «Well, that is a matter of taste» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a matter | | | | of taste | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} «Hm! No accounting for tastes!» *Sentence 1:* «Hm! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:e3:o2:1 # text = «Hm! 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hm hm INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* No accounting for tastes!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:e3:o2:2 # text = No accounting for tastes!» 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 accounting accounting NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tastes taste NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} «Hm! No accounting for tastes, and I did not ask you to choose at all, child!» *Sentence 1:* «Hm! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:e3:o3:1 # text = «Hm! 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hm hm INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* No accounting for tastes, and I did not ask you to choose at all, child!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:e3:o3:2 # text = No accounting for tastes, and I did not ask you to choose at all, child!» 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 accounting accounting NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tastes taste NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | no accounting for tastes | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **choose** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | no accounting for tastes *not said here* | child | | all | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at all=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} «Hm! Nobody asked for your opinion» *Sentence 1:* «Hm! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:e3:o4:1 # text = «Hm! 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hm hm INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Nobody asked for your opinion» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:e3:o4:2 # text = Nobody asked for your opinion» 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Nobody | | | | | for your opinion | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **opine** | | your | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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