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title: Looking back over the hall: what has Alice now been, size by size? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back over the hall: what has Alice now been, size by size? Test 12 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's c
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# Test 12 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…

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Looking back over the hall: what has Alice now been, size by size?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** look back, have, be · **To what, where:** Alice, size

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t12:1
# text = Looking back over the hall: what has Alice now been, size by size?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | over the hall | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over hall=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present |  | Alice |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alice=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | participle |  | size |  |  | now | by size | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Normal, then ten inches, then over nine feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t12:o1:1
# text = Normal, then ten inches, then over nine feet
1	Normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
4	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Normal, then small, then over nine feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t12:o2:1
# text = Normal, then small, then over nine feet
1	Normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tall then short.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t12:o3:1
# text = Tall then short.
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Small, then normal, then nine feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t12:o4:1
# text = Small, then normal, then nine feet
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
7	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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