Exam question 4 · Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4:…

What was the outcome of the contest proposed by the beardless man at the end of this passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, propose · To what, where: outcome, contest, end

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1753 «Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4: Elsa is shot down and wins a prince, then a boy's lying contest begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 contest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 contest	det
7	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
8	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 contest	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 man	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	beardless	beardless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 proposed	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 end	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 end	det
15	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 proposed	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 passage	case
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 passage	det
18	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 end	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the outcome				of the contest	tree rules
2	propose	participle		the contest not said here			at the end of this passage	by the beardless man	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The winner was to receive the whole cake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 winner	det
2	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 receive	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 receive	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 receive	mark
5	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cake	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cake	amod
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 receive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the winner					receive property	tree rules

Option 2

The loser was to pay for the whole bee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 loser	det
2	loser	loser	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pay	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pay	mark
5	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 bee	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bee	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bee	amod
9	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the loser					for the whole bee; pay property	tree rules

Option 3

The loser pays for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 loser	det
2	loser	loser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pays	nsubj
3	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present	the loser					for it	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme

Option 4

The winner gets the cake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 winner	det
2	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cake	det
5	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the winner	the cake					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cake=Stimulus

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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