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title: What would a real caterpillar never do that this one does? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would a real caterpillar never do that this one does? Test 9 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What would a real caterpillar never do that this one does?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** not do, do · **To what, where:** real caterpillar

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t9:1
# text = What would a real caterpillar never do that this one does?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | would |  | a real caterpillar |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | this one |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Smoke a hookah with its arms folded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t9:o1:1
# text = Smoke a hookah with its arms folded
1	Smoke	smoke	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hookah	hookah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	folded	fold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smoke** | imperative | you *not said here* | a hookah |  |  |  | with hookah's arms | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hookah=Patient with arm=Instrument |
| 2 | **fold** | participle |  | hookah's arms *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sit calmly on a mushroom and speak to a young girl passing by in the wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t9:o2:1
# text = Sit calmly on a mushroom and speak to a young girl passing by in the wood
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a mushroom |  | calmly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on mushroom=Location |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a young girl | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to girl=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **pass** | gerund | a young girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the wood | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by wood=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wear a hat and sit on a stool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t9:o3:1
# text = Wear a hat and sit on a stool
1	Wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | a hat |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | present | you *not said here* |  |  | a stool |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stool=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sit on top of a mushroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t9:o4:1
# text = Sit on top of a mushroom
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | top of a mushroom |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location |

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