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# Test 13 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…

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Tom, rough: "Stop blubbing, you big baby, it's only a door." ("blubbing" = crying noisily.) What does Alice say to herself?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, baby, Alice · **What happens:** stop, blubb, baby, be, cry, say · **To what, where:** door, Alice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom, rough: "Stop blubbing, you big baby, it's only a door."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t13:1
# text = Tom, rough: "Stop blubbing, you big baby, it's only a door."
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
7	blubbing	blubb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **blubb** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **baby** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | baby | a door |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("blubbing" = crying noisily.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t13:2
# text = ("blubbing" = crying noisily.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	blubbing	blubb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
6	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
7	noisily	noisily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blubb** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | noisily *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What does Alice say to herself?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t13:3
# text = What does Alice say to herself?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | Alice |  | Alice |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to herself=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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'Stop!'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t13:o1:1
# text = 'Stop!'
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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"Stop this moment, I tell you!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t13:o2:1
# text = "Stop this moment, I tell you!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | moment |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | I |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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'Hush now, I must not cry'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t13:o3:1
# text = 'Hush now, I must not cry'
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hush	hush	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | must | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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'Be quiet.'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t13:o4:1
# text = 'Be quiet.'
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |

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