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title: Looking back to chapter I: what was Alice's reasoning about the EAT… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back to chapter I: what was Alice's reasoning about the EAT ME cake? Test 12 · ★★ 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 op
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

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Looking back to chapter I: what was Alice's reasoning about the EAT ME cake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** look back, chapter, be, eat · **To what, where:** reasoning, ME

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This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t12:1
# text = Looking back to chapter I: what was Alice's reasoning about the EAT ME cake?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	EAT	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
15	ME	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **chapter** |  | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | Alice's reasoning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **eat** | infinitive |  | ME |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Larger or smaller, either way she would reach the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t12:o1:1
# text = Larger or smaller, either way she would reach the garden
1	Larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | would | she | either Larger way |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent garden=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whether bigger or smaller, she would still get lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t12:o2:1
# text = Whether bigger or smaller, she would still get lost
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | would · passive |  | she |  |  | still |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She thought the cake would make her big

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t12:o3:1
# text = She thought the cake would make her big
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	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | would | the cake |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whichever size she became, she would never reach the garden because the door was locked and too far

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t12:o4:1
# text = Whichever size she became, she would never reach the garden because the door was locked and too far
1	Whichever	whichever	DET	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	det	_	_
2	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	too	too	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | whichever size |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **reach** | would | size | the garden |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent garden=Theme |
| 3 | **lock** | past · passive |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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