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title: Looking back: Alice wanted the Mouse to come back in the pool too. W… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: Alice wanted the Mouse to come back in the pool too. What did she say then to make it return? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long t…

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Looking back: Alice wanted the Mouse to come back in the pool too. What did she say then to make it return?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice, Mouse · **What happens:** look back, want, come back, say, make, return · **To what, where:** Mouse, pool · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again» 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/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: Alice wanted the Mouse to come back in the pool too.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t12:1
# text = Looking back: Alice wanted the Mouse to come back in the pool too.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **want** | past | Alice | the Mouse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Mouse *not said here* |  |  | the pool |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Location |

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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:* What did she say then to make it return?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t12:2
# text = What did she say then to make it return?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Alice |  |  |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | Mouse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **return** | infinitive | Mouse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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That they would speak of nothing sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t12:o1:1
# text = That they would speak of nothing sad
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obl	_	_
7	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | would | That |  |  |  |  | of nothing | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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That they would not talk about cats or dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t12:o2:1
# text = That they would not talk about cats or dogs
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** | would | they | That |  |  |  | about cats or dogs | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cat=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That they would only talk of birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t12:o3:1
# text = That they would only talk of birds
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | would | they | That |  |  |  | of birds | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That they would not talk about cats or dogs, and she would never again mention Dinah

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t12:o4:1
# text = That they would not talk about cats or dogs, and she would never again mention Dinah
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	mention	mention	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
17	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** | would | they | That |  |  |  | about cats or dogs | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cat=Topic |
| 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | would | she | Dinah |  |  | again |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dinah=Topic |

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