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title: Looking back: in chapter V, what did the Caterpillar say about Alice… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter V, what did the Caterpillar say about Alice's «Father William»? Test 12 · ★★ 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 pragmati
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadri…

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Looking back: in chapter V, what did the Caterpillar say about Alice's «Father William»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chapter V, Caterpillar · **What happens:** look back, do, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:t12:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter V, what did the Caterpillar say about Alice's «Father William»?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	V	v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter V | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in v=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | chapter V |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Caterpillar |  |  |  |  | about Alice's Father William | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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«It is nonsense from start to finish»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:t12:o1:1
# text = «It is nonsense from start to finish»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | nonsense |  | start |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **finish** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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«It is wrong from beginning to end, and I am certain no child could ever say it properly»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:t12:o2:1
# text = «It is wrong from beginning to end, and I am certain no child could ever say it properly»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	beginning	begin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	18	advmod	_	_
18	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	ccomp	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | It |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **begin** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  | to end |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | certain *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | could | no child | end |  |  | ever | properly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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«It is wrong from beginning to end»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:t12:o3:1
# text = «It is wrong from beginning to end»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	beginning	begin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | It |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **begin** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  | to end |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«It is wrong from beginning to end, and the poem should be recited again from the start by you»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:t12:o4:1
# text = «It is wrong from beginning to end, and the poem should be recited again from the start by you»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	beginning	begin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	recited	recite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | It |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **begin** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  | to end |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **recite** *in a quote* | should · passive |  | the poem |  | the start by you | again |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **start** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: by=agent |

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