Test 8 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

Max, chuffed: «the Gryphon said shoes under the sea are made of soles and heels.» What did he really say, and what's the joke?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Max, Gryphon · What happens: chuff, say, make, do, be · To what, where: shoes, joke · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Max, chuffed: «the Gryphon said shoes under the sea are made of soles and heels.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 chuffed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Max	punct
3	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Gryphon	det
7	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chuffed	conj
9	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 made	nsubj:pass
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shoes	nmod
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 made	aux:pass
14	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 said	ccomp
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 soles	case
16	soles	sole	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 made	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 heels	cc
18	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 soles	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chuffed	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 chuffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	chuff	past	Max			tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the Gryphon			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	make in a quote	present · passive		shoes under the sea	of soles and heels	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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 did he really say, and what's the joke?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 joke	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 joke	cc
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 joke	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 joke	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 joke	det
11	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Gryphon		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		the joke	tree rules

The options

Option 1

«Shoes and eels»: a joke on the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Shoes	punct
2	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 joke	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 eels	cc
4	eels	eel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Shoes	conj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Shoes	punct
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 joke	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 joke	det
8	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 joke	nmod

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

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

«Soles and eels»: «eels» sounds like «heels», and a sole is a fish

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Soles	punct
2	Soles	sole	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sounds	obl
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 eels	cc
4	eels	eel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Soles	conj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Soles	punct
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 Soles	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 eels	punct
8	eels	eel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sounds	nsubj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 eels	punct
10	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 heels	case
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 heels	punct
13	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sounds	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 heels	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 fish	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 fish	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 sole	det
18	sole	sole	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 fish	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 fish	cop
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 fish	det
21	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sounds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	eels	Soles and eels				like heels	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a	present	a sole	a fish					tree rules

Option 3

«Soles and eels»: «eels» sounds like «heels», and a sole is a fish, so shoes under the sea are made of fish

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Soles	punct
2	Soles	sole	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sounds	obl
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 eels	cc
4	eels	eel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Soles	conj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Soles	punct
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 sounds	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 eels	punct
8	eels	eel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sounds	nsubj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 eels	punct
10	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 heels	case
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 heels	punct
13	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sounds	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 heels	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 fish	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 fish	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 sole	det
18	sole	sole	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 fish	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 fish	cop
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 fish	det
21	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sounds	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 made	punct
23	so	so	ADV	_	29 made	advmod
24	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 made	nsubj:pass
25	under	under	ADP	_	27 sea	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 sea	det
27	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 shoes	nmod
28	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 made	aux:pass
29	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 sounds	conj
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 fish	case
31	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sound	present	eels	Soles and eels	like heels	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a	present	a sole	a fish		tree rules
3	make	present · passive		shoes under the sea	of fish	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

He said «soles and heels», but the Gryphon really said «soles and eels», which Max missed because he was chuffed

The tree, 20 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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 soles	punct
4	soles	sole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 said	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 heels	cc
6	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 soles	conj
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 soles	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 said	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Gryphon	det
11	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 said	nsubj
12	really	really	ADV	_	13 said	advmod
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 soles	punct
15	soles	sole	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 said	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 eels	cc
17	eels	eel	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 soles	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 soles	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 missed	punct
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 missed	nsubj
21	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 missed	nsubj
22	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 soles	acl:relcl
23	because	because	SCONJ	_	26 chuffed	mark
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 chuffed	nsubj
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 chuffed	aux:pass
26	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 missed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He	soles and heels	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sole=Topic
2	say speech: assert	past	the Gryphon	soles and eels	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sole=Topic
3	miss	past	soles and eels		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
4	chuff	past · passive		Max	tree rules

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