--- title: ★★★ Alice says "four times five is twelve, and four times six is thi… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Alice says "four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen". If each answer goes up by one, what does she get for four times twelve, where the old times tables stopped? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 3 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and curiouser (who am I?)» of the books --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser/t14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur… ★★★ Alice says "four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen". If each answer goes up by one, what does she get for four times twelve, where the old times tables stopped? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, four times, answer, times tables · **What happens:** say, be, go up, get, stop · **To what, where:** five twelve, twelve · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Alice says "four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen". ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t14:1 # text = ★★★ Alice says "four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen". 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 compound _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 16 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 compound _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 thirteen thirteen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ ★ Alice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | four times | five twelve | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | four times | | | | | thirteen *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* If each answer goes up by one, what does she get for four times twelve, where the old times tables stopped? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t14:2 # text = If each answer goes up by one, what does she get for four times twelve, where the old times tables stopped? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 10 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 16 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 compound _ _ 22 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go up** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | each answer | | | | | by one | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **get** | present · do-support | answer | twelve | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary twelve=Theme | | 3 | **stop** | participle | times tables | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sixteen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t14:o1:1 # text = Sixteen 1 Sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Sixteen, as the table went on rising by one each time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t14:o2:1 # text = Sixteen, as the table went on rising by one each time 1 Sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 11 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the table | Sixteen | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **rise** | gerund | the table *not said here* | | | | | by one each time | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by one=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Twenty-four, as any sensible table would say ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t14:o3:1 # text = Twenty-four, as any sensible table would say 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 7 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | any sensible table | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nineteen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t14:o4:1 # text = Nineteen 1 Nineteen nineteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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