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title: ★★★ Read carefully: Alice says "We won't talk about her any more". W… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Read carefully: Alice says "We won't talk about her any more". Who answers "We indeed!", and why? Test 17 · ★ 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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# Test 17 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

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★★★ Read carefully: Alice says "We won't talk about her any more". Who answers "We indeed!", and why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, Alice, We · **What happens:** read, say, not talk, answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Read carefully: Alice says "We won't talk about her any more".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t17:1
# text = ★★★ Read carefully: Alice says "We won't talk about her any more".
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	Read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	any	any	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | infinitive | ★ ★ |  |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **talk** *in a quote* | future | We |  |  |  |  | about Alice | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=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:* Who answers "We indeed!", and why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t17:2
# text = Who answers "We indeed!", and why?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  | indeed *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Mouse, offended at the word "we"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t17:o1:1
# text = The Mouse, offended at the word "we"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	offended	offend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offend** | participle · passive |  | the Mouse |  | the word |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Lory, offended at the word "we" because she had been left out of the conversation

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t17:o2:1
# text = The Lory, offended at the word "we" because she had been left out of the conversation
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Lory	Lory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	offended	offend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offend** | participle |  | the Lory *not said here* |  | the word |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **leave out** | past · perfect · passive |  | she |  | the conversation |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The Mouse, offended at the word "we" because it thought Alice meant the cats

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t17:o3:1
# text = The Mouse, offended at the word "we" because it thought Alice meant the cats
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	offended	offend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
14	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offend** | participle · passive |  | the Mouse |  | the word |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Mouse |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** | past | we | the cats |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Duck, annoyed by Alice's talk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t17:o4:1
# text = The Duck, annoyed by Alice's talk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** |  | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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