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Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

«I mean what I say,» says the Mock Turtle, offended. What is funny about this?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mock Turtle · What happens: mean, say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» 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: «I mean what I say,» says the Mock Turtle, offended.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 mean	nsubj
3	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 says	ccomp
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Turtle	det
11	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Turtle	compound
12	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 offended	punct
14	offended	offended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Turtle	amod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean in a quote	present	the Mock Turtle = turtle						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the Mock Turtle = turtle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	say speech: assert	present	the Mock Turtle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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: What is funny about this?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 funny	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 funny	cop
3	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 this	case
5	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 funny	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 funny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about this; funny property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

He is wrong about his own words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 words	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 words	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 words	amod
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wrong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					about his own words; wrong property	tree rules
2	word		his = he						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He means «porpoise», and «porpoise» makes no sense — yet he's sure he means it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 porpoise	punct
4	porpoise	porpoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 porpoise	punct
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 makes	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 makes	cc
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 porpoise	punct
9	porpoise	porpoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 makes	nsubj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 porpoise	punct
11	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 sense	det
13	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 makes	obj
14	—	-	PUNCT	_	18 sure	punct
15	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	18 sure	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sure	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 sure	cop
18	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 means	nsubj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 means	nsubj
20	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	He	porpoise					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porpoise=Topic
2	make	present	porpoise	no sense					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Product
3	is	present	porpoise					sure property	tree rules
4	mean	present	sure	sense					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

He means «purpose»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 purpose	punct
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 purpose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	He	purpose					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic

Option 4

He means «porpoise» and it is a fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 porpoise	punct
4	porpoise	porpoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 porpoise	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fish	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fish	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fish	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fish	det
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	He	porpoise					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porpoise=Topic
2	is a	present	porpoise	a fish					tree rules

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