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title: ★★★ Using the Mock Turtle's code (Reeling = reading, Drawling = draw… — Alice's word games: puns, parodies and… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Using the Mock Turtle's code (Reeling = reading, Drawling = drawing, Mystery = history), what would «Fizzicks and Kemistree» probably mean? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense

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★★★ Using the Mock Turtle's code (Reeling = reading, Drawling = drawing, Mystery = history), what would «Fizzicks and Kemistree» probably mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, Fizzicks, Mock Turtle · **What happens:** use, mean, code · **To what, where:** code

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense» 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/41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:t11:1
# text = ★★★ Using the Mock Turtle's code (Reeling = reading, Drawling = drawing, Mystery = history), what would «Fizzicks and Kemistree» probably mean?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Mock	Mock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Reeling	reeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	13	punct	_	_
13	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Drawling	drawling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	17	punct	_	_
17	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	Mystery	mystery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
20	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	21	punct	_	_
21	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	32	obj	_	_
25	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
26	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	Fizzicks	Fizzicks	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	Kemistree	Kemistree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	_
31	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | ★ ★ ★ *not said here* | the Mock Turtle's code |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent code=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | would | Fizzicks and Kemistree | the Mock Turtle's code |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 3 | **code** |  | the Mock Turtle |  |  |  |  |  | nom code «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Fizzy drinks and chimneys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:t11:o1:1
# text = Fizzy drinks and chimneys
1	Fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	chimneys	chimney	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	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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Physics and chemistry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:t11:o2:1
# text = Physics and chemistry
1	Physics	physic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	chemistry	chemistry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fishing and keeping trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:t11:o3:1
# text = Fishing and keeping trees
1	Fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | trees |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fixing and kitchens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:t11:o4:1
# text = Fixing and kitchens
1	Fixing	fix	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	kitchens	kitchen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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