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title: «I'm a poor man» — «You're a very poor speaker.» Which two meanings… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: «I'm a poor man» — «You're a very poor speaker.» Which two meanings of «poor» does the King use? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise witness)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

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«I'm a poor man» — «You're a very poor speaker.» Which two meanings of «poor» does the King use?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, You, poor · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** poor man, poor speaker, King use

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise witness)» 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I'm a poor man» — «You're a very poor speaker.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t6:1
# text = «I'm a poor man» — «You're a very poor speaker.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | a poor man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | a poor speaker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 «poor» does the King use?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t6:2
# text = Which two meanings of «poor» does the King use?
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	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | poor | the King use |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Having no money, and bad at talking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t6:o1:1
# text = Having no money, and bad at talking
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  | no money |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Having little money, and bad at something

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t6:o2:1
# text = Having little money, and bad at something
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  | little money |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Having little money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t6:o3:1
# text = Having little money
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  | little money |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sad, and bad at speaking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t6:o4:1
# text = Sad, and bad at speaking
1	Sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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