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description: It is given that the door of the chamber opened inwards. Determine the reason the Rabbit's attempt to enter proved a failure. Exam question 3 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 tre
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# Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…

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It is given that the door of the chamber opened inwards. Determine the reason the Rabbit's attempt to enter proved a failure.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** door, you, attempt, Rabbit · **What happens:** give, open, determine, enter, prove, attempt · **To what, where:** It, reason, failure

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the door of the chamber opened inwards.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:e3:1
# text = It is given that the door of the chamber opened inwards.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	inwards	inwards	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **open** | past | the door of the chamber |  |  |  |  | inwards *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Determine the reason the Rabbit's attempt to enter proved a failure.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:e3:2
# text = Determine the reason the Rabbit's attempt to enter proved a failure.
1	Determine	determine	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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	proved	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason  the Rabbit's attempt |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **enter** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **prove** | participle | the Rabbit's attempt *not said here* | a failure |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent failure=Theme |
| 4 | **attempt** |  | the Rabbit |  |  |  |  |  | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The hinge was rusted and would not turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:e3:o1:1
# text = The hinge was rusted and would not turn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hinge	hinge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rusted	rust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rust** | past · passive |  | the hinge |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **turn** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Rabbit's paws slipped on the brass plate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:e3:o2:1
# text = The Rabbit's paws slipped on the brass plate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past | the Rabbit's paws |  |  | the brass plate |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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

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The protagonist's elbow was pressed hard against it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:e3:o3:1
# text = The protagonist's elbow was pressed hard against it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
8	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | past · passive |  | the protagonist's elbow |  |  |  | against protagonist; hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The protagonist's elbow was pressed hard against the door, so the Rabbit could not push it open from outside at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:e3:o4:1
# text = The protagonist's elbow was pressed hard against the door, so the Rabbit could not push it open from outside at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
8	against	against	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	17	obl	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | past · passive |  | the protagonist's elbow |  |  |  | against the door; hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **push** | could | the Rabbit | elbow |  | all |  | open *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme from outside=Trajectory |

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