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title: Why is it funny that Alice says "O Mouse!"? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is it funny that Alice says "O Mouse!"? Test 3 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

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Why is it funny that Alice says "O Mouse!"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, Alice · **What happens:** be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t3:1
# text = Why is it funny that Alice says "O Mouse!"?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	_
10	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She uses an old school-book way of speaking to a mouse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t3:o1:1
# text = She uses an old school-book way of speaking to a mouse
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | She | a old book way |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | a old book way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a mouse | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mouse=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It sounds like a question

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t3:o2:1
# text = It sounds like a question
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | It |  |  |  |  | like a question | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is a rude word in French

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t3:o3:1
# text = It is a rude word in French
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a rude word |  | French |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She copies a phrase from her old Latin lesson book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t3:o4:1
# text = She copies a phrase from her old Latin lesson book
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	copies	copy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	Latin	Latin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present | She | a phrase |  | her old Latin lesson book |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phrase=Theme |

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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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