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title: Priya, millennial: "The Mouse's lesson was lowkey the most mid thing… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Priya, millennial: "The Mouse's lesson was lowkey the most mid thing ever." ("mid" = boring, not good.) Which word does the Mouse itself use for it? Test 2 · ★★ 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, 
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing…

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Priya, millennial: "The Mouse's lesson was lowkey the most mid thing ever." ("mid" = boring, not good.) Which word does the Mouse itself use for it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lesson, word · **What happens:** lowkey, do, use · **To what, where:** mid thing, Mouse

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Priya, millennial: "The Mouse's lesson was lowkey the most mid thing ever."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t2:1
# text = Priya, millennial: "The Mouse's lesson was lowkey the most mid thing ever."
1	Priya	Priya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	millennial	millennial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	lowkey	lowkey	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	14	advmod	_	_
14	mid	mid	X	AFX	_	15	compound	_	_
15	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lowkey** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the Mouse's lesson | the mid thing |  |  |  |  | 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:* ("mid" = boring, not good.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t2:2
# text = ("mid" = boring, not good.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	mid	mid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
6	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Which word does the Mouse itself use for it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t2:3
# text = Which word does the Mouse itself use for it?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	nsubj	_	_
7	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which word | the Mouse |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Eventuality |
| 2 | **use** | present | word | the Mouse *not said here* |  |  |  | for Mouse | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme for it=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Driest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t2:o1:1
# text = Driest
1	Driest	dry	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dullest tale of the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t2:o2:1
# text = Dullest tale of the day
1	Dullest	dull	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** |  | the day |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Most boring history ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t2:o3:1
# text = Most boring history ever
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
2	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:t2:o4:1
# text = Wet
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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