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title: Looking back: in chapter I Alice said "Antipathies" instead of "Anti… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter I Alice said "Antipathies" instead of "Antipodes". What does she muddle in this part? Test 12 · ★ 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 t
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# Test 12 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

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Looking back: in chapter I Alice said "Antipathies" instead of "Antipodes". What does she muddle in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Alice · **What happens:** look back, say, muddle · **To what, where:** Antipathies, part · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter I Alice said "Antipathies" instead of "Antipodes".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t12:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I Alice said "Antipathies" instead of "Antipodes".
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Antipathies	antipathy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Antipodes	antipode	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | Antipathies |  |  |  | instead Antipodes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent antipathy=Topic |

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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:* What does she muddle in this part?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t12:2
# text = What does she muddle in this part?
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	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	muddle	muddle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **muddle** | present · do-support | Alice |  |  | this part |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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When King Alfred ruled England

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t12:o1:1
# text = When King Alfred ruled England
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Alfred	Alfred	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | King | England |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent england=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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When William the Conqueror lived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t12:o2:1
# text = When William the Conqueror lived
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Conqueror	Conqueror	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | William |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Where the Antipodes lie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t12:o3:1
# text = Where the Antipodes lie
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Antipodes	antipode	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | the Antipodes |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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When William the Conqueror lived and where the Antipodes were on the map

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t12:o4:1
# text = When William the Conqueror lived and where the Antipodes were on the map
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Conqueror	Conqueror	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Antipodes	antipode	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | William |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Antipodes |  |  | the map |  |  | 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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