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title: Looking back to the fall: what did Alice once say she knew about the… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back to the fall: what did Alice once say she knew about the earth that she could not use? Test 10 · ★ 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 quest
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# Test 10 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…

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Looking back to the fall: what did Alice once say she knew about the earth that she could not use?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice · **What happens:** look back, say, know, not use · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t10:1
# text = Looking back to the fall: what did Alice once say she knew about the earth that she could not use?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	advmod	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the fall | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to fall=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | once *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | past | Alice |  |  |  |  | about the earth | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about earth=Stimulus |
| 4 | **not** **use** | could | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Words like Mercator and Equator

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t10:o1:1
# text = Words like Mercator and Equator
1	Words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Mercator	Mercator	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Equator	Equator	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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Words like Latitude and Longitude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t10:o2:1
# text = Words like Latitude and Longitude
1	Words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Latitude	Latitude	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Longitude	Longitude	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Words like Antipodes and Latitude, which she learned from a book in the library.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t10:o3:1
# text = Words like Antipodes and Latitude, which she learned from a book in the library.
1	Words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Antipodes	antipode	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Latitude	latitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | Words like Antipodes and Latitude |  |  | a book in the library |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent which=Topic from book=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Words like Latitude and Longitude, and the names of every country in Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t10:o4:1
# text = Words like Latitude and Longitude, and the names of every country in Europe
1	Words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Latitude	Latitude	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Longitude	Longitude	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** |  |  | every country in Europe |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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