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title: Looking back: in chapter I, what did Alice think «the use of a book»… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter I, what did Alice think «the use of a book» was without? Test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 24 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence (sentence first, a pack of cards, and waking up)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 13 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence…

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Looking back: in chapter I, what did Alice think «the use of a book» was without?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice · **What happens:** look back, think, use · **To what, where:** chapter, book

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This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 24 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence (sentence first, a pack of cards, and waking up)» 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/24-alice-alices-evidence-2/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I, what did Alice think «the use of a book» was without?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
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	0	root	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Alice | chapter |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
| 3 | **use** *in a quote* |  |  | a book |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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«Pictures or conversations» and her own adventures are full of conversations with talking animals and cards

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t13:o1:1
# text = «Pictures or conversations» and her own adventures are full of conversations with talking animals and cards
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	conversations	conversation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	adventures	adventure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	conversations	conversation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Pictures or conversations and her own adventures |  |  |  |  | of conversations with talking animals and cards; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **adventure** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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«Stories» and nothing else at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t13:o2:1
# text = «Stories» and nothing else at all
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	conj	_	_
6	else	else	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Sums or lessons» she thought

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t13:o3:1
# text = «Sums or lessons» she thought
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | she | Sums or lessons |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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«Pictures or conversations» — and her own adventures are full of conversations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t13:o4:1
# text = «Pictures or conversations» — and her own adventures are full of conversations
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	conversations	conversation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
6	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	adventures	adventure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	conversations	conversation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Pictures or conversations and her own adventures |  |  |  |  | of conversations; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **adventure** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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