Test 12 · ★★★ · Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense

★★★ Change the order of words and the Hatter's point shows: which pair means two DIFFERENT things?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ Change, pair, Hatter · What happens: show, mean, order, point · To what, where: two DIFFERENT things, words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense» of the language 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Change	compound
2	★	★	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct
3	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Change	compound
4	Change	Change	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 shows	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 order	det
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shows	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 words	case
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 order	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 point	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Hatter	det
11	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 point	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Hatter	case
13	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 words	conj
14	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 means	punct
16	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	17 pair	det
17	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 means	nsubj
18	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 shows	ccomp
19	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 things	nummod
20	DIFFERENT	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 things	amod
21	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 means	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	show	present	★ ★ Change		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	which pair	two DIFFERENT things	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
3	order			words and the Hatter's point	nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	point		the Hatter		nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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.

The options

Option 1

«She ran fast» and «Fast she ran»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct
2	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 ran	advmod
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ran	cc
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 ran	punct
8	Fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 ran	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ran	nsubj
10	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ran	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run in a quote	past	She					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run in a quote	past	she					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

«I am happy and tired» and «I am tired and happy»

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 happy	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 happy	nsubj
3	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 happy	cop
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tired	cc
6	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 happy	conj
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 happy	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tired	cc
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 tired	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 tired	nsubj
11	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 tired	cop
12	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 happy	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 happy	cc
14	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tired	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 happy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I	happy property	tree rules
2	be in a quote		I not said here		tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	I	tired property	tree rules
4	be in a quote		I not said here		tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

«Red and blue» and «blue and red»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Red	punct
2	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 blue	cc
4	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Red	conj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Red	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 blue	cc
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 blue	punct
8	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Red	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 red	cc
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Red	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Red	punct

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

«I like what I get» and «I get what I like»

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 like	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 like	nsubj
3	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 get	obj
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 like	ccomp
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 like	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 get	cc
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 get	nsubj
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 like	conj
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 like	obj
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 like	nsubj
14	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 get	ccomp
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	like in a quote	present	I	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	get in a quote	present	I	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
3	get in a quote	present	I	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	like in a quote	present	I	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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