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title: ★★★ Alice's three wrong poems so far: the crocodile (ch II), Father… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Alice's three wrong poems so far: the crocodile (ch II), Father William (ch V) and the Lobster (ch X). What do the new versions have in common with what was on Alice's mind? Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadrille (poems gone wrong and Beautiful S
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadri…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
★★★ Alice's three wrong poems so far: the crocodile (ch II), Father William (ch V) and the Lobster (ch X). What do the new versions have in common with what was on Alice's mind?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new versions · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** mind

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This is test 17 · ★★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Alice's three wrong poems so far: the crocodile (ch II), Father William (ch V) and the Lobster (ch X).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:t17:1
# text = ★★★ Alice's three wrong poems so far: the crocodile (ch II), Father William (ch V) and the Lobster (ch X).
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	ch	ch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
16	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	15	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
21	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	ch	ch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	V	v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	23	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Lobster	Lobster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
28	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	ch	ch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* What do the new versions have in common with what was on Alice's mind?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:t17:2
# text = What do the new versions have in common with what was on Alice's mind?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	versions	version	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | the new versions |  |  |  |  | common *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  | Alice's mind |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Each new version is mixed up with the Caterpillar's mushroom, the Duchess's pepper, and the Queen's croquet, all of which she is thinking about

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:t17:o1:1
# text = Each new version is mixed up with the Caterpillar's mushroom, the Duchess's pepper, and the Queen's croquet, all of which she is thinking about
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	croquet	croquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
24	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	29	nsubj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nmod	_	_
27	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	conj	_	_
30	about	about	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix up** | present · passive |  | each new version |  |  |  | with the Caterpillar's mushroom; the Duchess's pepper *obl*; the Queen's croquet *obl* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with mushroom=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **think about** *speech: other* | present · progressive | all |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **croquet** |  | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom croquet «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Lobster one is full of the dance she just saw, so her head mixes in recent things

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:t17:o2:1
# text = The Lobster one is full of the dance she just saw, so her head mixes in recent things
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Lobster	Lobster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	mixes	mix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	recent	recent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Lobster one |  |  |  |  | of the dance; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | she | the dance *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dance=Stimulus |
| 3 | **mix** | present | her head |  |  | recent things |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They each repeat a song that she heard the Gryphon sing earlier in the hall

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:t17:o3:1
# text = They each repeat a song that she heard the Gryphon sing earlier in the hall
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	repeat	repeat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | present | They | a song |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hear** | past | she | the Gryphon |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer gryphon=Stimulus |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | They *not said here* |  |  | the hall |  | early *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each one comes out wrong because Alice is secretly trying to remember the names of everyone she has ever met in her whole life

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2:t17:o4:1
# text = Each one comes out wrong because Alice is secretly trying to remember the names of everyone she has ever met in her whole life
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	nmod	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
18	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	20	advmod	_	_
20	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	acl:relcl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
23	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | present | each one |  |  |  |  | out, wrong *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **try** | present · progressive | Alice |  |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **remember** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | the names of everyone |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 4 | **meet** | present · perfect | Alice |  |  | Alice's whole life | ever |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **name** |  |  | everyone |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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