--- title: It is given that the protagonist threatened to set Dinah upon the as… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that the protagonist threatened to set Dinah upon the assembled company. Determine the immediate consequence thereof. Exam question 3 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 depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the… It is given that the protagonist threatened to set Dinah upon the assembled company. Determine the immediate consequence thereof. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** protagonist, you · **What happens:** give, threaten, set, assemble, determine · **To what, where:** It, Dinah, assembled company, immediate consequence This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that the protagonist threatened to set Dinah upon the assembled company. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:e3:1 # text = It is given that the protagonist threatened to set Dinah upon the assembled company. 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 _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 protagonist protagonist NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 threatened threaten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 Dinah Dinah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **threaten** | past | the protagonist | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **set** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the protagonist *not said here* | Dinah | | the assembled company | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent dinah=Theme upon company=Destination | | 4 | **assemble** | participle | | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the immediate consequence thereof. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:e3:2 # text = Determine the immediate consequence thereof. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 immediate immediate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the immediate consequence | | | | thereof *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They laughed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:e3:o1:1 # text = They laughed 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | They | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A dead silence instantly prevailed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:e3:o2:1 # text = A dead silence instantly prevailed 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 prevailed prevail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prevail** | past | a dead silence | | | | | instantly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They all screamed and ran about ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:e3:o3:1 # text = They all screamed and ran about 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | They | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run about** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Everyone fled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:e3:o4:1 # text = Everyone fled 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | Everyone | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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