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title: ngl the liar contest is lit — Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the liar contest is lit 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 7 · ★ · Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4:…

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ngl the liar contest is lit

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1753-pg641-part4/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t7:1
# text = ngl the liar contest is lit
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	liar	liar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | present · passive |  | ngl |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t7:o1:1
# text = the beardless man tells about the cake and the king and how the bee pulled a plough through the wood
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	beardless	beardless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	plough	plough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	through	through	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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the beardless man tells about his cow and the wheat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t7:o2:1
# text = the beardless man tells about his cow and the wheat
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	beardless	beardless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t7:o3:1
# text = the boy tells about his bee and the millet seed and how the wolves ate the honey and the sack
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	millet	millet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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the boy tells about his bee and the millet seed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t7:o4:1
# text = the boy tells about his bee and the millet seed
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	millet	millet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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