--- title: ★★★ "I had not!" and "A knot!" sound the same. Which pair below also… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ "I had not!" and "A knot!" sound the same. Which pair below also sound the same but mean different things, like tale and tail? Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/t17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long t… ★★★ "I had not!" and "A knot!" sound the same. Which pair below also sound the same but mean different things, like tale and tail? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, ★ ★ ★, pair · **What happens:** not have, sound, mean · **To what, where:** ★ ★ ★, same, different things This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again» 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/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/#t17). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ "I had not!" and "A knot!" sound the same. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t17:1 # text = ★★★ "I had not!" and "A knot!" sound the same. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 knot knot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 sound sound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | past | I | ★ ★ ★ and a knot *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ★=Patient | | 2 | **sound** | present | ★ ★ ★ and a knot | the same | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location same=Theme | 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 pair below also sound the same but mean different things, like tale and tail? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t17:2 # text = Which pair below also sound the same but mean different things, like tale and tail? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 below below ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sound sound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | present | which pair | the same | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location same=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | which pair *not said here* | different things | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Bat, bat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t17:o1:1 # text = Bat, bat 1 Bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Right and write ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t17:o2:1 # text = Right and write 1 Right right ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 write write VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | right *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Night and knight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t17:o3:1 # text = Night and knight 1 Night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Sea and see ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t17:o4:1 # text = Sea and see 1 Sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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. 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