Test 8 · ★★★ · Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense

«my nan said she's going to the antipathies for Christmas» What does Nan mean, and what slip did she make?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan · What happens: say, go, mean, make · To what, where: antipathies · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nan	nmod:poss
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 going	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 going	aux
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 said	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 antipathies	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 antipathies	det
10	antipathies	antipathy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 going	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 Christmas	case
12	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 going	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 going	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 mean	obj
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 mean	aux
16	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 mean	nsubj
17	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 going	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 make	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 make	cc
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 make	obj
21	slip	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 make	aux
22	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 make	aux
23	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 make	nsubj
24	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	conj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	my nan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go in a quote	present · progressive	nan	the antipathies	for Christmas	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to antipathy=Initial_Location
3	mean	present · do-support	Nan			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
4	make	present · do-support	nan			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She means a Christmas party game and used the old Victorian word for it, which is still correct today

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 game	det
4	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 game	compound
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 game	compound
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 used	cc
8	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 word	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 word	amod
11	Victorian	victorian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 word	amod
12	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 word	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 correct	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 correct	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 correct	cop
18	still	still	ADV	_	19 correct	advmod
19	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 word	conj
20	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 word	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	She	a Christmas party game			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Topic
2	use	past	She not said here	the old Victorian word for word			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	the old Victorian word for word		still	correct property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She means the antipodes, the far side of the Earth, and swapped it for a sound-alike word

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 antipodes	det
4	antipodes	antipode	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 side	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
7	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 side	amod
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 antipodes	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Earth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Earth	det
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 side	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 swapped	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 swapped	cc
14	swapped	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 swapped	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	21 word	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 word	det
18	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 alike	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 sound	punct
20	alike	alike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 word	amod
21	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 swapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	She	the antipodes					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antipode=Topic
2	swap	past	She not said here	Earth				for a alike word	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for word=Co-Theme

Option 3

She means a place in Scotland called the Antipathies, and spelled it right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 place	det
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Scotland	case
6	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 place	nmod
7	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Antipathies	det
9	Antipathies	antipathy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 called	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 spelled	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spelled	cc
12	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 spelled	obj
14	right	right	ADV	_	12 spelled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	She			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	call	past	a place in Scotland	the Antipathies		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent antipathy=Recipient
3	spell	participle		place	right property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

She means she will spend Christmas with people she dislikes and said it correctly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spend	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 spend	aux
5	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 spend	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spend	obl
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dislikes	nsubj
10	dislikes	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 people	acl:relcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 said	obj
14	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	12 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	She			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	spend	future	she	Christmas	with people	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christmas=Asset
3	dislike	present	Christmas	people not said here		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus
4	say speech: assert	past	She not said here	it	correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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