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title: Grandpa from Somerset: "That were a gurt big puppy, my lover." ("gur… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandpa from Somerset: "That were a gurt big puppy, my lover." ("gurt" = great, very.) Why did the puppy seem so huge? Test 5 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

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Grandpa from Somerset: "That were a gurt big puppy, my lover." ("gurt" = great, very.) Why did the puppy seem so huge?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** That, puppy · **What happens:** be, seem · **To what, where:** gurt big puppy

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandpa from Somerset: "That were a gurt big puppy, my lover."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t5:1
# text = Grandpa from Somerset: "That were a gurt big puppy, my lover."
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Somerset	somerset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	gurt	gurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | That | a gurt big puppy |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("gurt" = great, very.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t5:2
# text = ("gurt" = great, very.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	gurt	gurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Why did the puppy seem so huge?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t5:3
# text = Why did the puppy seem so huge?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past · do-support | the puppy |  |  |  |  | huge *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Alice had shrunk very small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t5:o1:1
# text = Alice had shrunk very small
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	shrunk	shrink	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrink** | past · perfect | Alice |  |  |  |  | small *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The puppy was really big

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t5:o2:1
# text = The puppy was really big
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the puppy |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The puppy had eaten a lot of food and grown very large that morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t5:o3:1
# text = The puppy had eaten a lot of food and grown very large that morning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past · perfect · passive |  | the puppy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | large *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Alice had become a mouse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t5:o4:1
# text = Alice had become a mouse
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past · perfect | Alice | a mouse |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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