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title: Looking back: Alice has now been three inches tall. What else small… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: Alice has now been three inches tall. What else small has she been, from chapter I to now? Test 13 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 13 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate…

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Looking back: Alice has now been three inches tall. What else small has she been, from chapter I to now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice, small · **What happens:** look back, be, have · **To what, where:** chapter

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This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Caterpillar» 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/9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: Alice has now been three inches tall.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t13:1
# text = Looking back: Alice has now been three inches tall.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present · perfect | Alice |  |  |  | now | three inches *obl:unmarked*; tall *property* | 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:* What else small has she been, from chapter I to now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t13:2
# text = What else small has she been, from chapter I to now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	else	else	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | small |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | participle | Alice |  |  | chapter |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ten inches, and a few inches in the pool of her own tears, which was very wet indeed

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t13:o1:1
# text = Ten inches, and a few inches in the pool of her own tears, which was very wet indeed
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	very	very	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
20	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | her own tears |  |  |  |  | indeed, wet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ten inches, a few inches, and nine feet high at the door of the little hall

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t13:o2:1
# text = Ten inches, a few inches, and nine feet high at the door of the little hall
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ten inches, and a foot in the pool of tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t13:o3:1
# text = Ten inches, and a foot in the pool of tears
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ten inches, and a few inches in the pool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:9-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar:t13:o4:1
# text = Ten inches, and a few inches in the pool
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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