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title: «Whiting» does the boots and shoes. Which two meanings of «whiting»… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Whiting» does the boots and shoes. Which two meanings of «whiting» make the joke? 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

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«Whiting» does the boots and shoes. Which two meanings of «whiting» make the joke?

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Whiting» does the boots and shoes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t9:1
# text = «Whiting» does the boots and shoes.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Whiting	whiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which two meanings of «whiting» make the joke?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t9:2
# text = Which two meanings of «whiting» make the joke?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	meanings	meaning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	whiting	whiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A cleaning cloth and a fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t9:o1:1
# text = A cleaning cloth and a fish
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A small fish, and an old white cleaning powder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t9:o2:1
# text = A small fish, and an old white cleaning powder
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A small white fish that lives near the shore, and a kind of polish made from crumbs and salt water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t9:o3:1
# text = A small white fish that lives near the shore, and a kind of polish made from crumbs and salt water
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	polish	polish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small fish and a white paint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t9:o4:1
# text = A small fish and a white paint
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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