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title: What was the best bit of the wedding? — Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiid… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the best bit of the wedding? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 680 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples at the palace, and the royal noses grow.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 12 · ★ · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples…

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What was the best bit of the wedding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** best bit · **What happens:** be

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 680 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples at the palace, and the royal noses grow.» 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/680-pg2435-part20/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t12:1
# text = What was the best bit of the wedding?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the best bit of the wedding |  |  |  |  |  | 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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The huge feast with roast pig, sweets, and barrels of wine that everyone ate until late

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t12:o1:1
# text = The huge feast with roast pig, sweets, and barrels of wine that everyone ate until late
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	det	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
16	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	until	until	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the huge feast with roast pig and sweets |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tiidu playing pipes at the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t12:o2:1
# text = Tiidu playing pipes at the end
1	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund | Tiidu *not said here* | pipes |  |  | at the end |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The moment the king stood up and danced with the bride at the very end of the party

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t12:o3:1
# text = The moment the king stood up and danced with the bride at the very end of the party
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	danced	dance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	very	very	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | past | the moment |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dance** | participle | the moment *not said here* |  |  |  | at the end of the party | with the bride | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The music and the big dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:t12:o4:1
# text = The music and the big dinner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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