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title: ★★★ Alice went from ten inches to more than nine feet. Nine feet is… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Alice went from ten inches to more than nine feet. Nine feet is 108 inches. About how many times taller did she get? Test 16 · ★ 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 p
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# Test 16 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…

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★★★ Alice went from ten inches to more than nine feet. Nine feet is 108 inches. About how many times taller did she get?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Nine feet · **What happens:** go, be, get · **To what, where:** nine feet, 108 inches

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This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Alice went from ten inches to more than nine feet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t16:1
# text = ★★★ Alice went from ten inches to more than nine feet.
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	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	12	advmod	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | ★ ★ Alice |  |  | nine feet |  | from ten inches | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from inch=Initial\_Location to foot=Destination |

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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:* Nine feet is 108 inches.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t16:2
# text = Nine feet is 108 inches.
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	108	108	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 a** | present | Nine feet | 108 inches |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* About how many times taller did she get?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t16:3
# text = About how many times taller did she get?
1	About	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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About nine times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t16:o1:1
# text = About nine times
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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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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About eleven times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t16:o2:1
# text = About eleven times
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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About eleven times taller than she was before, which is a great deal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t16:o3:1
# text = About eleven times taller than she was before, which is a great deal
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | before *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a great deal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Almost twelve times as tall as she was at the start, a surprising amount

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser:t16:o4:1
# text = Almost twelve times as tall as she was at the start, a surprising amount
1	Almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	surprising	surprising	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  | the start and a surprising amount |  |  | tree rules |

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