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title: Ascertain the reason for which the protagonist consumed the contents… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which the protagonist consumed the contents of the unlabelled bottle. Exam question 2 of lesson 7 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the White Rabbit's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…

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Ascertain the reason for which the protagonist consumed the contents of the unlabelled bottle.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, protagonist · **What happens:** ascertain, consume · **To what, where:** reason, contents

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 7 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the White Rabbit's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which the protagonist consumed the contents of the unlabelled bottle.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	consumed	consume	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	unlabelled	unlabelled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **consume** | past | the protagonist | the contents of the unlabelled bottle |  |  |  | for the reason | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contents=Asset |

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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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Her expectation that something of interest would ensue, after many previous bottles and cakes had done just that

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:e2:o1:1
# text = Her expectation that something of interest would ensue, after many previous bottles and cakes had done just that
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	expectation	expectation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	ensue	ensue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	previous	previous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bottles	bottle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	_
18	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensue** | would | Her expectation |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past · perfect · passive |  | many previous bottles and cakes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **expect** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom expectation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She guessed it would cure her headache soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:e2:o2:1
# text = She guessed it would cure her headache soon
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	guessed	guess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cure	cure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	headache	headache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **cure** | would | it | her headache |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer headache=Source |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Her expectation that something of interest would ensue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:e2:o3:1
# text = Her expectation that something of interest would ensue
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	expectation	expectation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	ensue	ensue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensue** | would | something | Her expectation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **expect** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom expectation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She thought the bottle was a harmless tonic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:e2:o4:1
# text = She thought the bottle was a harmless tonic
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tonic	tonic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the bottle |  |  |  |  | tonic *property* | tree rules |

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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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