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title: Looking back: in chapter IX, Alice invented a rule about pepper. Doe… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 13 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

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Looking back: in chapter IX, Alice invented a rule about pepper. Does the cook fit it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice, cook · **What happens:** look back, invent, fit · **To what, where:** rule

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This is test 13 · ★★★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter IX, Alice invented a rule about pepper.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter IX, Alice invented a rule about pepper.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	IX	ix	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	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* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **invent** | past | Alice | a rule |  |  |  | about pepper | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Result |

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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:* Does the cook fit it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t13:2
# text = Does the cook fit it?
1	Does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present · do-support | the cook | rule |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No: pepper makes people hot-tempered, but the cook is calm and polite to everyone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t13:o1:1
# text = No: pepper makes people hot-tempered, but the cook is calm and polite to everyone
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	tempered	temper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | no pepper | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **temper** | participle | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the cook |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | the cook *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to everyone | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No: pepper makes people sleepy, and she is not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t13:o2:1
# text = No: pepper makes people sleepy, and she is not
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | no pepper | people |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product |
| 2 | **not** **be** | present | pepper |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes: pepper makes people sleepy and quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t13:o3:1
# text = Yes: pepper makes people sleepy and quiet
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | pepper | people |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yes: pepper makes people hot-tempered, and the cook is rude and cross

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t13:o4:1
# text = Yes: pepper makes people hot-tempered, and the cook is rude and cross
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	tempered	temper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | pepper | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **temper** | participle | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the cook |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | the cook *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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