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title: Ascertain the approximate depth of the pool formed by the tears of t… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the approximate depth of the pool formed by the tears of the protagonist. Exam question 2 of lesson 3 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and curiouser (who am I?)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…

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Ascertain the approximate depth of the pool formed by the tears of the protagonist.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, form · **To what, where:** approximate depth, pool

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 3 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and curiouser (who am I?)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the approximate depth of the pool formed by the tears of the protagonist.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate depth of the pool |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent depth=Topic |
| 2 | **form** | participle |  | the pool *not said here* |  |  |  | by the tears of the protagonist | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by tear=Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Two feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:e2:o1:1
# text = Two feet
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two inches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:e2:o2:1
# text = Two inches
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Four inches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:e2:o3:1
# text = Four inches
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Six inches deep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:e2:o4:1
# text = Six inches deep
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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