Test 7 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

«The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.» Which two meanings of «mine» does it use?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two meanings · What happens: be, meaning, use

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 17 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's Story (the Duchess and her morals)» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: «The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 is	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 more	det
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 is	advmod
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 is	expl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 yours	cop
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 mine	case
7	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 is	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 is	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 less	det
10	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 is	advmod
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 is	expl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 yours	cop
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 yours	case
14	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	root	root
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 yours	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 yours	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present						of yours	tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: Which two meanings of «mine» does it use?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 meanings	nsubj
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 meanings	nummod
3	meanings	meaning	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 use	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 mine	case
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 mine	punct
6	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 meanings	nmod
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 meanings	punct
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 use	aux
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 use	nsubj
10	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meaning							of mine	tree rules
2	use	present · do-support	two meanings						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A hole where minerals are dug, and «belonging to me», so the Duchess's joke is a pun on both

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hole	det
2	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 dug	advmod
4	minerals	mineral	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dug	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dug	aux:pass
6	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hole	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 pun	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 pun	cc
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 belonging	punct
10	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 pun	csubj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 me	case
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 belonging	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 belonging	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 pun	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	22 pun	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Duchess	det
17	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 joke	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Duchess	case
19	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 pun	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 pun	cop
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 pun	det
22	pun	pun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hole	appos
23	on	on	ADP	_	24 both	case
24	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	22 pun	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	dig	present · passive		minerals			vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	belong in a quote	gerund			me		vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	the Duchess's joke	a pun		both	tree rules
4	joke		the Duchess				nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

A pit for digging, and a sort of joke about soup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pit	det
2	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 digging	mark
4	digging	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 pit	acl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sort	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sort	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sort	det
8	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pit	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 joke	case
10	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sort	nmod
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 soup	case
12	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 joke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	gerund	a pit and a sort of joke about soup not said here						vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sort			joke about soup					nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A hole where minerals are dug from the earth, and «belonging to me», which makes the joke clear

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hole	det
2	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 makes	nsubj
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 dug	advmod
4	minerals	mineral	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dug	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dug	aux:pass
6	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hole	acl:relcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 earth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 earth	det
9	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dug	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 belonging	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 belonging	cc
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 belonging	punct
13	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 hole	acl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 me	case
15	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 belonging	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 belonging	punct
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 makes	punct
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 makes	nsubj
19	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 joke	det
21	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 makes	obj
22	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	dig	present · passive		minerals		the earth		vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from earth=Material
2	belong in a quote	gerund	a hole not said here		me			vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3	make	present	a hole	the joke			clear property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A hole where minerals are dug, and «belonging to me»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hole	det
2	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dug	nsubj:pass
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 dug	advmod
4	minerals	mineral	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dug	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dug	aux:pass
6	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 belonging	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 belonging	cc
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 belonging	punct
10	belonging	belong	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 dug	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 me	case
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 belonging	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 dug	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	present · passive		a hole					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	belong in a quote	gerund			me				vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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