--- title: ★★★ Read carefully: did Alice ask "What is a Caucus-race?" because s… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Read carefully: did Alice ask "What is a Caucus-race?" because she wanted to know? Test 16 · ★★ 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 pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/t16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing… ★★★ Read carefully: did Alice ask "What is a Caucus-race?" because she wanted to know? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, Alice · **What happens:** read, ask, be, want, know · **To what, where:** Caucus race · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t16:1 # text = ★★★ Read carefully: did Alice ask "What is a Caucus-race?" because she wanted to know? 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 : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 Caucus Caucus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 19 because because SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | Alice | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a Caucus race | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **want** | past | Alice | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Yes, she did ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t16:o1:1 # text = Yes, she did 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | she | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No: "not that she wanted much to know" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t16:o2:1 # text = No: "not that she wanted much to know" 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 8 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | past | she | much | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot much=Theme | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, very much ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t16:o3:1 # text = Yes, very much 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} No, she had heard it before ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t16:o4:1 # text = No, she had heard it before 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 before before ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | she | it | | | | before *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | **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. 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