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title: Identify the question with which the Caterpillar commenced the conve… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the question with which the Caterpillar commenced the conversation. Exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Caterpillar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate…

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Identify the question with which the Caterpillar commenced the conversation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Caterpillar · **What happens:** identify, commence · **To what, where:** question, conversation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Caterpillar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:e1:1
# text = Identify the question with which the Caterpillar commenced the conversation.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	commenced	commence	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the question |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent question=Theme |
| 2 | **commence** | past | the Caterpillar | the conversation |  |  |  | with the question | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent conversation=Eventuality with which=Subeventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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"Why?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:e1:o1:1
# text = "Why?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Are you lost?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:e1:o2:1
# text = "Are you lost?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"Hello?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:e1:o3:1
# text = "Hello?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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"Who are you?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:e1:o4:1
# text = "Who are you?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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