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title: Looking back: where did Alice meet the cook before, and what was she… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: where did Alice meet the cook before, and what was she doing? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise witness)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

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Looking back: where did Alice meet the cook before, and what was she doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice · **What happens:** look back, meet, do · **To what, where:** cook

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise witness)» 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t12:1
# text = Looking back: where did Alice meet the cook before, and what was she doing?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	before	before	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **meet** | past · do-support | Alice | the cook |  |  |  | before *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **do** | past · progressive | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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In the Queen's garden, sneezing at the roses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t12:o1:1
# text = In the Queen's garden, sneezing at the roses
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sneezing	sneeze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneeze** | gerund | the Queen's garden *not said here* |  |  | the roses |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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In the Duchess's kitchen, throwing pans and plates and peppering the soup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t12:o2:1
# text = In the Duchess's kitchen, throwing pans and plates and peppering the soup
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	pans	pan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	peppering	pepper	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | gerund | the Duchess's kitchen *not said here* | pans and plates |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Theme |
| 2 | **pepper** | gerund | the Duchess's kitchen *not said here* | the soup |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent soup=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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In the Duchess's kitchen, throwing pans and plates about and peppering the soup until everyone sneezed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t12:o3:1
# text = In the Duchess's kitchen, throwing pans and plates about and peppering the soup until everyone sneezed
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	pans	pan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	peppering	pepper	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	until	until	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
18	sneezed	sneeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | gerund | the Duchess's kitchen *not said here* | pans and plates |  |  |  | about *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Theme |
| 2 | **pepper** | gerund | the Duchess's kitchen *not said here* | the soup |  |  | until everyone |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent soup=Destination |
| 3 | **sneeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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In the Duchess's house, where she was boiling eggs and cutting bread for the cat in the window

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t12:o4:1
# text = In the Duchess's house, where she was boiling eggs and cutting bread for the cat in the window
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
14	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | past · progressive | she | eggs |  |  |  | in the Duchess's house | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent egg=Patient in house=Instrument |
| 2 | **cut** | gerund | she *not said here* | bread |  | the window |  | for the cat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bread=Material for cat=Beneficiary |

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