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title: Ascertain the true nature of the body of salt water into which the p… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the true nature of the body of salt water into which the protagonist subsequently fell. Exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears and the Mouse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

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Ascertain the true nature of the body of salt water into which the protagonist subsequently fell.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, protagonist · **What happens:** ascertain, fall · **To what, where:** true nature, salt water

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears and the Mouse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the true nature of the body of salt water into which the protagonist subsequently fell.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the true nature of the body of salt water |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic |
| 2 | **fall** | past | the protagonist |  |  | salt water |  | subsequently *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into which=Result |

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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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The pool of tears previously shed by the Mouse and by herself in the long hall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:e2:o1:1
# text = The pool of tears previously shed by the Mouse and by herself in the long hall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	previously	previously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shed	shed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shed** | participle · passive | the Mouse | the pool of tears |  | the long hall |  | previously *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The river of bath water from the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:e2:o2:1
# text = The river of bath water from the house
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pool of tears previously shed by herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:e2:o3:1
# text = The pool of tears previously shed by herself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	previously	previously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shed	shed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shed** | participle · passive | herself *= she* | the pool of tears |  |  |  | previously *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pool of tears previously shed by herself while she was nine feet high and very sad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:e2:o4:1
# text = The pool of tears previously shed by herself while she was nine feet high and very sad
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	previously	previously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shed	shed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shed** | participle · passive | herself *= she* | the pool of tears |  |  |  | previously *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Source |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | nine feet *obl:unmarked*; high *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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