--- title: Ascertain the counsel which the Caterpillar described as something i… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the counsel which the Caterpillar described as something important to say. Exam question 2 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 optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar/e2/) [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 V, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate… Ascertain the counsel which the Caterpillar described as something important to say. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Caterpillar · **What happens:** ascertain, describe, say · **To what, where:** counsel · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the counsel which the Caterpillar described as something important to say. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Caterpillar Caterpillar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 described describe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obl _ _ 10 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the counsel | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Topic | | 2 | **describe** | past | the Caterpillar | the counsel | | | | as something | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme as something=Attribute | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the Caterpillar *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} To keep calm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:e2:o1:1 # text = To keep calm 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | calm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} That she should hold her tongue ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:e2:o2:1 # text = That she should hold her tongue 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | should | That | her tongue | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} That she must learn to take a joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:e2:o3:1 # text = That she must learn to take a joke 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | must | That | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | That *not said here* | a joke | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} That the protagonist should keep her temper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:e2:o4:1 # text = That the protagonist should keep her temper 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 protagonist protagonist NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | should | that protagonist | protagonist's temper | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Theme | | 2 | **temper** | | protagonist | | | | | | nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=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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