Test 12 · ★ · Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4:…
whose cake wins in the end
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cake · What happens: win · To what, where: end
This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 2 cake | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wins | nsubj |
| 3 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 end | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 end | det |
| 6 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wins | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | cake | in the end | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in end=Eventuality |
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 lady and the king decide it at the wedding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lady | det |
| 2 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 decide | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 king | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lady | conj |
| 6 | decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 decide | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 wedding | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wedding | det |
| 10 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 decide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | present | the lady and the king | it | the wedding | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 2
the boy and the beardless man decide it in a long contest of lies where the king is the judge
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 decide | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 man | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | beardless | beardless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | conj |
| 7 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 decide | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 contest | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 contest | det |
| 11 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 contest | amod |
| 12 | contest | contest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 decide | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 lies | case |
| 14 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 contest | nmod |
| 15 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 20 judge | advmod |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 king | det |
| 17 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 judge | nsubj |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 judge | cop |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 judge | det |
| 20 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 lies | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | infinitive | the boy and the beardless man | it | a long contest of lies | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | is a | present | the king | the judge | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | contest | lies | nom contest «event transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
the boy and the beardless man decide it in a contest of lies that lasts all night long
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 decide | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 man | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | beardless | beardless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | conj |
| 7 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 decide | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 contest | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 contest | det |
| 11 | contest | contest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 decide | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 lies | case |
| 13 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 contest | nmod |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 lasts | nsubj |
| 15 | lasts | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 contest | acl:relcl |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 night | det |
| 17 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lasts | obl:unmarked |
| 18 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 decide | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | infinitive | the boy and the beardless man | it | a contest of lies | long property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||
| 2 | last | present | a contest of lies | night | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | contest | lies | nom contest «event transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the boy and the beardless man decide it in a contest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 decide | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 man | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | beardless | beardless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | conj |
| 7 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 decide | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 contest | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 contest | det |
| 11 | contest | contest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 decide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | infinitive | the boy and the beardless man | it | a contest | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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