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title: Select the response most accurately characterising the Dodo's determ… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response most accurately characterising the Dodo's determination upon the conclusion of the race. Exam question 4 of lesson 5 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing and the Caucus-race» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing…

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Select the response most accurately characterising the Dodo's determination upon the conclusion of the race.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Dodo · **What happens:** select, characteris, determine, conclude · **To what, where:** response, determination, race

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 5 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing and the Caucus-race» 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/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:e4:1
# text = Select the response most accurately characterising the Dodo's determination upon the conclusion of the race.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	characterising	characteris	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Dodo	Dodo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	determination	determination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | gerund | you *not said here* | the Dodo's determination |  |  |  | upon the conclusion of the race | tree rules |
| 3 | **determine** |  | the Dodo |  |  |  |  |  | nom determination «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **conclude** |  |  | the race |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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That everyone had lost and must sit down again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:e4:o1:1
# text = That everyone had lost and must sit down again
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sit down** | must | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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That every participant had won and must receive a prize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:e4:o2:1
# text = That every participant had won and must receive a prize
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past · perfect | that participant |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **receive** | must | that participant *not said here* | a prize |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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That the race was over and nobody could leave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:e4:o3:1
# text = That the race was over and nobody could leave
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that race |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | could | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That nobody had won

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:e4:o4:1
# text = That nobody had won
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past · perfect | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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