--- title: ★★★ Read carefully: Alice says a cake "can't possibly make me larger… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Read carefully: Alice says a cake "can't possibly make me larger". Was she sure, or did she just suppose? Test 15 · ★★ 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 --- [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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the… ★★★ Read carefully: Alice says a cake "can't possibly make me larger". Was she sure, or did she just suppose? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, Alice · **What happens:** read, say, not make, be, suppose · **To what, where:** cake, Alice · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 15 · ★★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Read carefully: Alice says a cake "can't possibly make me larger". ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t15:1 # text = ★★★ Read carefully: Alice says a cake "can't possibly make me larger". 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 Read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | infinitive | ★ ★ | | | | | carefully *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alice | a cake | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | can | | Alice | | | | large, possibly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | 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:* Was she sure, or did she just suppose? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t15:2 # text = Was she sure, or did she just suppose? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 suppose suppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Alice | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **suppose** | past · do-support | Alice | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} She was certain the cake would grow her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t15:o1:1 # text = She was certain the cake would grow her 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | would | the cake | her *= she* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She was completely sure of the outcome ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t15:o2:1 # text = She was completely sure of the outcome 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 completely completely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | of the outcome; completely, sure *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} She was sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t15:o3:1 # text = She was sure 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She just supposed: "it must make me smaller, I suppose" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t15:o4:1 # text = She just supposed: "it must make me smaller, I suppose" 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 supposed suppose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** | past | She | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **make** *in a quote* | must | it | me | | | | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material i=Product | | 3 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | **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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