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title: Hang on, what were Ritter Red's words about lives, like exactly? — Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Mi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Hang on, what were Ritter Red's words about lives, like exactly? 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 10 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the se…

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

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1574-pg540-part71/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t10:1
# text = Hang on, what were Ritter Red's words about lives, like exactly?
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	Ritter	Ritter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t10:o1:1
# text = One life lost is better than two lost, the way you say it on the road
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o2}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t10:o2:1
# text = One life lost is better than two lost, and so the Princess must lie
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One life lost is better than two lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t10:o3:1
# text = One life lost is better than two lost
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	cop	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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One death is better than two deaths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t10:o4:1
# text = One death is better than two deaths
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	deaths	death	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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