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title: Ciara from Cork: "The Mouse came back to her, grand, but sure it was… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ciara from Cork: "The Mouse came back to her, grand, but sure it was pale as anything." ("grand" = fine, okay.) Why did Alice think it was pale? Test 14 · ★ 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 d
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# Test 14 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

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Ciara from Cork: "The Mouse came back to her, grand, but sure it was pale as anything." ("grand" = fine, okay.) Why did Alice think it was pale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ciara, it, Alice · **What happens:** come back, be, think · **To what, where:** Mouse · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ciara from Cork: "The Mouse came back to her, grand, but sure it was pale as anything."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t14:1
# text = Ciara from Cork: "The Mouse came back to her, grand, but sure it was pale as anything."
1	Ciara	Ciara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Cork	Cork	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** *in a quote* | past | Ciara from Cork |  | Mouse |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | it |  |  |  |  | as anything; pale *property* | 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:* ("grand" = fine, okay.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t14:2
# text = ("grand" = fine, okay.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Why did Alice think it was pale?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t14:3
# text = Why did Alice think it was pale?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | pale *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Pale with fright at the cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t14:o1:1
# text = Pale with fright at the cat
1	Pale	pale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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From the cold water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t14:o2:1
# text = From the cold water
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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From being wet through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t14:o3:1
# text = From being wet through
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	cop	_	_
3	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | through, wet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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With passion, meaning strong anger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t14:o4:1
# text = With passion, meaning strong anger
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	passion	passion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | gerund | passion *not said here* | strong anger |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Topic |

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