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title: Looking back: in chapter III Alice's talk of Dinah upset her friends… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter III Alice's talk of Dinah upset her friends by mistake. How does she use Dinah here? Test 11 · ★★ 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 pragmati
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

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Looking back: in chapter III Alice's talk of Dinah upset her friends by mistake. How does she use Dinah here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking, Dinah · **What happens:** look back, upset, talk, use · **To what, where:** chapter talk, friends, Dinah

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This is test 11 · ★★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter III Alice's talk of Dinah upset her friends by mistake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t11:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter III Alice's talk of Dinah upset her friends by mistake.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
6	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	_
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	upset	upset	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  | Alice's chapter talk of Dinah |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **upset** | past | Looking | Dinah's friends |  |  |  | by mistake | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friend=Experiencer |
| 3 | **talk** |  | Dinah |  |  |  |  |  | nom talk «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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:* How does she use Dinah here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t11:2
# text = How does she use Dinah here?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · do-support | Dinah | Dinah |  | here |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinah=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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By chance, to scare them off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t11:o1:1
# text = By chance, to scare them off
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	scare	scare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare off** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | by chance | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She uses Dinah carefully, as a warning, in order to frighten the Rabbit's crowd into leaving the house

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t11:o2:1
# text = She uses Dinah carefully, as a warning, in order to frighten the Rabbit's crowd into leaving the house
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
11	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	fixed	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	frighten	frighten	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
18	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | She | Dinah |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinah=Patient |
| 2 | **frighten** | to-infinitive |  | the Rabbit's crowd |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus crowd=Experiencer |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund |  | the house |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

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

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On purpose, as a threat to stop them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t11:o3:1
# text = On purpose, as a threat to stop them
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | purpose |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To make them laugh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t11:o4:1
# text = To make them laugh
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 2 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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