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title: ★★★ Alice thought the Mouse had got "to the fifth bend" of its tale.… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Alice thought the Mouse had got "to the fifth bend" of its tale. What was she really looking at? Test 16 · ★★ 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 of the 
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long t…

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★★★ Alice thought the Mouse had got "to the fifth bend" of its tale. What was she really looking at?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, Mouse · **What happens:** think, get, tell, look · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Alice thought the Mouse had got "to the fifth bend" of its tale.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t16:1
# text = ★★★ Alice thought the Mouse had got "to the fifth bend" of its tale.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	thought	think	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	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bend	bend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | ★ ★ Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past · perfect | the Mouse |  |  |  |  | to the fifth bend of Mouse's tale *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bend=Result |
| 3 | **tell** |  | Mouse |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 was she really looking at?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t16:2
# text = What was she really looking at?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past · progressive | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The bends in the Mouse's long tail, which it was waving about in the pool

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t16:o1:1
# text = The bends in the Mouse's long tail, which it was waving about in the pool
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bends	bend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past · progressive | the bends in the Mouse's long tail |  |  |  |  | about the pool | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about pool=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The waves in the pool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t16:o2:1
# text = The waves in the pool
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The bends in its long tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t16:o3:1
# text = The bends in its long tail
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bends	bend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The curves of a sad tale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t16:o4:1
# text = The curves of a sad tale
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	curves	curve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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