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title: True or false: the Mouse leaves because Alice talked about cats again. — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: True or false: the Mouse leaves because Alice talked about cats again. Test 6 · ★★ 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 question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long t…

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True or false: the Mouse leaves because Alice talked about cats again.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mouse, Alice · **What happens:** leave, talk

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t6:1
# text = True or false: the Mouse leaves because Alice talked about cats again.
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | the Mouse |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** | past | Alice |  |  |  | again | about cats | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cat=Topic |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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False: it leaves because Alice spoke of Dinah and the little birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t6:o1:1
# text = False: it leaves because Alice spoke of Dinah and the little birds
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Alice |  |  |  |  | of Dinah and the little birds | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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True: it leaves because Alice talked about cats and dogs again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t6:o2:1
# text = True: it leaves because Alice talked about cats and dogs again
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** | past | Alice |  |  |  | again | about cats and dogs | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cat=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True: it leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t6:o3:1
# text = True: it leaves
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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False: it leaves because she wasn't listening and said "a knot"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t6:o4:1
# text = False: it leaves because she wasn't listening and said "a knot"
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **listen** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  | a knot |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent knot=Topic |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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