--- title: Which sentence hides a pun? — Puns and jokes that need a pun · tree and pragmatics description: Which sentence hides a pun? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Puns and jokes that need a pun» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t11/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Puns and jokes that need a pun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★★ · Puns and jokes that need a pun Which sentence hides a pun? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sentence · **What happens:** hide · **To what, where:** pun This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun:t11:1 # text = Which sentence hides a pun? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pun pun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | which sentence | a pun | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pun=Patient | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The calendar is on the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun:t11:o1:1 # text = The calendar is on the wall 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 calendar calendar NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the calendar | | | the wall | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The calendar has twelve months ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun:t11:o2:1 # text = The calendar has twelve months 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 calendar calendar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the calendar | | | | month | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The calendar's days are numbered ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun:t11:o3:1 # text = The calendar's days are numbered 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 calendar calendar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 numbered number VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **number** | present · passive | | the calendar's days | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The calendar was a present ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun:t11:o4:1 # text = The calendar was a present 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 calendar calendar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the calendar | a present | | | | | tree rules | **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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