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title: A boy says «I'm gooder at football than him». Like whom in the book… — Alice's word games: puns, parodies and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy says «I'm gooder at football than him». Like whom in the book has he forgotten good English? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense

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A boy says «I'm gooder at football than him». Like whom in the book has he forgotten good English?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** say, be, have, forget · **To what, where:** gooder, football, book, good English · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy says «I'm gooder at football than him».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:t7:1
# text = A boy says «I'm gooder at football than him».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	gooder	gooder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a boy *= boy* | gooder |  | football than boy |  |  | 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:* Like whom in the book has he forgotten good English?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:t7:2
# text = Like whom in the book has he forgotten good English?
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  |  |  | the book |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | participle | boy | good English |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Hatter, saying «writing-desk»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:t7:o1:1
# text = The Hatter, saying «writing-desk»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	desk	desk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Hatter | writing desk |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent desk=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Mock Turtle, saying «porpoise»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:t7:o2:1
# text = The Mock Turtle, saying «porpoise»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Mock	Mock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	porpoise	porpoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Mock Turtle | porpoise |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent porpoise=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Mouse, saying «the driest thing I know»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:t7:o3:1
# text = The Mouse, saying «the driest thing I know»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	driest	dry	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Mouse | the driest thing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |
| 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the Mouse *= mouse* | the driest thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Alice, saying «curiouser and curiouser»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:41-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense:t7:o4:1
# text = Alice, saying «curiouser and curiouser»
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	curiouser	curious	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	curiouser	curious	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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