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title: Looking back: Alice has been nine feet tall and a few inches tall. H… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: Alice has been nine feet tall and a few inches tall. How does she seem now, chatting on the bank with the animals? Test 12 · ★★ 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
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing…

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Looking back: Alice has been nine feet tall and a few inches tall. How does she seem now, chatting on the bank with the animals?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice · **What happens:** look back, be, seem, chat · **To what, where:** few inches, bank

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This is test 12 · ★★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: Alice has been nine feet tall and a few inches tall.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t12:1
# text = Looking back: Alice has been nine feet tall and a few inches tall.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
7	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present · perfect | Alice |  |  |  |  | nine feet *obl:unmarked*; tall *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Alice *not said here* | a few inches |  |  |  |  | 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:* How does she seem now, chatting on the bank with the animals?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t12:2
# text = How does she seem now, chatting on the bank with the animals?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
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	seem	seem	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	chatting	chat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present · do-support | Alice |  |  |  | now |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  | the bank |  | with the animals | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with animal=Co-Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Still nine feet tall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t12:o1:1
# text = Still nine feet tall
1	Still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Big enough to frighten the Lory away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t12:o2:1
# text = Big enough to frighten the Lory away
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	frighten	frighten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Lory	Lory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten away** | to-infinitive |  | the Lory |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lory=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Small enough to argue with a Lory as an equal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t12:o3:1
# text = Small enough to argue with a Lory as an equal
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
2	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	argue	argue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Lory	Lory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive | Small |  |  |  |  | with a Lory; as a equal | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with lory=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Grown back to her normal size again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t12:o4:1
# text = Grown back to her normal size again
1	Grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow back** | participle |  |  |  |  | again | to her normal size | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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