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title: Identify the creature dispatched down the chimney of the Rabbit's re… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the creature dispatched down the chimney of the Rabbit's residence. Exam question 1 of lesson 8 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the pebbles and the puppy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

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Identify the creature dispatched down the chimney of the Rabbit's residence.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, creature · **What happens:** identify, dispatch down · **To what, where:** chimney

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 8 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the pebbles and the puppy» 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/8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:e1:1
# text = Identify the creature dispatched down the chimney of the Rabbit's residence.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **dispatch down** | past | the creature | the chimney of the Rabbit's residence |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chimney=Patient |

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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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A young lizard named Bill, who was dispatched through the house's chimney on the Rabbit's orders

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:e1:o1:1
# text = A young lizard named Bill, who was dispatched through the house's chimney on the Rabbit's orders
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	Bill	Bill	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | a young lizard *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dispatch** | past · passive |  | a young lizard |  | the house's chimney |  | on the Rabbit's orders | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **order** |  | the Rabbit |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bill, a small lizard who was sent to climb the Rabbit's chimney

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:e1:o2:1
# text = Bill, a small lizard who was sent to climb the Rabbit's chimney
1	Bill	Bill	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | a small lizard |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **climb** | to-infinitive |  | the Rabbit's chimney |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location chimney=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cat, Dinah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:e1:o3:1
# text = A cat, Dinah
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bill, a Lizard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:e1:o4:1
# text = Bill, a Lizard
1	Bill	Bill	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Lizard	Lizard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

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