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title: whose cake wins in the end — Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in… · tree and pragmatics
description: whose cake wins in the end 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 12 · ★ · Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4:…

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whose cake wins in the end

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cake · **What happens:** win · **To what, where:** end

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1753-pg641-part4/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t12:1
# text = whose cake wins in the end
1	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the lady and the king decide it at the wedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t12:o1:1
# text = the lady and the king decide it at the wedding
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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the boy and the beardless man decide it in a long contest of lies where the king is the judge

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t12:o2:1
# text = the boy and the beardless man decide it in a long contest of lies where the king is the judge
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	beardless	beardless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	20	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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the boy and the beardless man decide it in a contest of lies that lasts all night long

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t12:o3:1
# text = the boy and the beardless man decide it in a contest of lies that lasts all night long
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	beardless	beardless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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the boy and the beardless man decide it in a contest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t12:o4:1
# text = the boy and the beardless man decide it in a contest
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	beardless	beardless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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