Test 10 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the se…

Hang on, what were Ritter Red's words about lives, like exactly?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: hang on, be · To what, where: words

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1574 «Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the second and third Trolls, and the Princess wins her rescuer» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Hang	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 words	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 words	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 words	cop
6	Ritter	Ritter	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 words	nmod:poss
7	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ritter	flat
8	's	's	PART	_	6 Ritter	case
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hang	obl
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 lives	case
11	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 words	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 exactly	punct
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 exactly	case
14	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	1 Hang	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Hang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang on	imperative	you not said here					exactly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		Ritter's words				about lives	tree rules

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

Option 1

One life lost is better than two lost, the way you say it on the road

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 life	nummod
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 better	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 life	acl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 better	cop
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	SCONJ	_	8 lost	mark
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 lost	nsubj:pass
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 better	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 way	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 better	obl:unmarked
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 say	nsubj
13	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 way	acl:relcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 say	obj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 road	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 road	det
17	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lose	participle		One life not said here			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	One life			the way obl:unmarked; good property	tree rules
3	lose	participle · passive		two			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	say speech: assert	present	you	life	the road		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

One life lost is better than two lost, and so the Princess must lie

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 life	nummod
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 better	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 life	acl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 better	cop
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	SCONJ	_	8 lost	mark
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 lost	nsubj:pass
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 better	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lie	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lie	cc
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 lie	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Princess	det
13	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lie	nsubj
14	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 lie	aux
15	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 better	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	participle		One life not said here		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	One life		good property	tree rules
3	lose	participle · passive		two		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	lie	must	the Princess			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

One life lost is better than two lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 life	nummod
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 better	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 life	acl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 better	cop
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 two	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 better	obl
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 better	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle		One life not said here					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	One life					than two; good property	tree rules

Option 4

One death is better than two deaths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 death	nummod
2	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 better	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 better	cop
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 deaths	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 deaths	nummod
7	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	One death					than two deaths; good property	tree rules

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