Test 9 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…
«Whiting» does the boots and shoes. Which two meanings of «whiting» make the joke?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Whiting · What happens: do, make, mean · To what, where: boots, joke, whiting
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: «Whiting» does the boots and shoes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Whiting | punct |
| 2 | Whiting | whiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | nsubj |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Whiting | punct |
| 4 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 boots | det |
| 6 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 does | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 shoes | cc |
| 8 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 boots | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | Whiting | the boots and shoes | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Eventuality |
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 «whiting» make the joke?
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 | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 whiting | case |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 whiting | punct |
| 6 | whiting | whiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meanings | nmod |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 make | punct |
| 8 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 meanings | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 joke | det |
| 10 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 make | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 meanings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | infinitive | the joke | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product | |||||
| 2 | mean | whiting | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |
The options
Option 1
A cleaning cloth and a fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cloth | det |
| 2 | cleaning | cleaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cloth | compound |
| 3 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fish | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fish | det |
| 6 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cloth | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A small fish, and an old white cleaning powder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fish | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fish | amod |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 powder | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 powder | cc |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 powder | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 powder | amod |
| 8 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 powder | amod |
| 9 | cleaning | cleaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 powder | compound |
| 10 | powder | powder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fish | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
A small white fish that lives near the shore, and a kind of polish made from crumbs and salt water
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 | 4 fish | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fish | amod |
| 3 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fish | amod |
| 4 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 lives | nsubj |
| 6 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fish | acl:relcl |
| 7 | near | near | ADP | _ | 9 shore | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shore | det |
| 9 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lives | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 made | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 made | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 kind | det |
| 13 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 made | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 polish | case |
| 15 | polish | polish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 kind | nmod |
| 16 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 fish | acl |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 crumbs | case |
| 18 | crumbs | crumb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 made | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 water | cc |
| 20 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 water | compound |
| 21 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 crumbs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | a small white fish | the shore | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near shore=Location | ||||
| 2 | make | participle · passive | a small white fish not said here | a kind of polish | crumbs and salt water | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from crumb=Material |
Option 4
A small fish and a white paint
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fish | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fish | amod |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 paint | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 paint | det |
| 6 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 paint | amod |
| 7 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fish | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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