--- title: Billy's mate in Liverpool says "that six and seven joke's boss, la."… — Puns and jokes that need a pun · tree and pragmatics description: Billy's mate in Liverpool says "that six and seven joke's boss, la." ("Boss" means great, "la" means mate.) Which two words sound the same in it? 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Which two words sound the same in it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, Boss, la, two words · **What happens:** say, mean, sound · **To what, where:** mate, same, la · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Puns and jokes that need a pun» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Billy's mate in Liverpool says "that six and seven joke's boss, la." ("Boss" means great, "la" means mate.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun:t10:1 # text = Billy's mate in Liverpool says "that six and seven joke's boss, la." ("Boss" means great, "la" means mate.) 1 Billy Billy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 9 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 conj _ _ 12 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 la. La. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 18 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 la la NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 28 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Billy's mate in Liverpool | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | Boss | | | | | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mean** | present | la | mate | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic | 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 two words sound the same in it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun:t10:2 # text = Which two words sound the same in it? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sound sound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | present | which two words | the same | | la | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location same=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nine and fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun:t10:o1:1 # text = Nine and fine 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Eight and ate ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun:t10:o2:1 # text = Eight and ate 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Afraid and fried ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun:t10:o3:1 # text = Afraid and fried 1 Afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 fried fry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fry** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Six and seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun:t10:o4:1 # text = Six and seven 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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