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title: Select the response most consistent with the established facts conce… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response most consistent with the established facts concerning the protagonist's recitation of verse. Exam question 4 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 pragm
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# Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…

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Select the response most consistent with the established facts concerning the protagonist's recitation of verse.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, protagonist · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, recite · **To what, where:** response, recitation, verse

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:e4:1
# text = Select the response most consistent with the established facts concerning the protagonist's recitation of verse.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	recitation	recitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the protagonist's recitation of verse |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus recitation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **recite** |  | the protagonist | verse |  |  |  |  | nom recitation «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It was about a cat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:e4:o1:1
# text = It was about a cat.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | about a cat | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The verse was recited correctly and about fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:e4:o2:1
# text = The verse was recited correctly and about fish
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	recited	recite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** | past · passive |  | the verse |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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The words emerged altered, concerning a crocodile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:e4:o3:1
# text = The words emerged altered, concerning a crocodile
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	emerged	emerge	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | past · passive |  | the words |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund |  | a crocodile |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus crocodile=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The words came out wrong, about a tortoise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:e4:o4:1
# text = The words came out wrong, about a tortoise
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | past | the words |  |  |  |  | out, wrong *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

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