Test 7 · ★ · Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4:…

ngl the liar contest is lit

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: lit · To what, where: ngl

This is test 7 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lit	nsubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 contest	det
3	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contest	compound
4	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ngl	appos
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lit	aux:pass
6	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lit	present · passive		ngl					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 · ← Mova's choice

the beardless man tells about the cake and the king and how the bee pulled a plough through the wood

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	3 man	det
2	beardless	beardless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 cake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cake	det
7	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 king	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cake	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 pulled	cc
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 pulled	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bee	det
14	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pulled	nsubj
15	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tells	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 plough	det
17	plough	plough	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pulled	obj
18	through	through	ADP	_	20 wood	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wood	det
20	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the beardless man					about the cake and the king	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about cake=Topic
2	pull	past	the bee	a plough		the wood			vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plough=Theme

Option 2

the beardless man tells about his cow and the wheat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	beardless	beardless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 cow	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cow	nmod:poss
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wheat	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wheat	det
10	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the beardless man					about man's cow and the wheat	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about cow=Topic

Option 3

the boy tells about his bee and the millet seed and how the wolves ate the honey and the sack

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	3 tells	nsubj
3	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 bee	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bee	nmod:poss
6	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 seed	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 seed	det
9	millet	millet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seed	compound
10	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bee	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ate	cc
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 ate	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wolves	det
14	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 ate	nsubj
15	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tells	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 honey	det
17	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ate	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 sack	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sack	det
20	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 honey	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the boy					about boy's bee and the millet seed	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about bee=Topic
2	eat	past	the wolves	the honey and the sack					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the boy tells about his bee and the millet seed

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	3 tells	nsubj
3	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 bee	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bee	nmod:poss
6	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 seed	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 seed	det
9	millet	millet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seed	compound
10	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bee	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the boy					about boy's bee and the millet seed	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about bee=Topic

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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