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title: is the schoolmaster saying the bell's a total liar? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep:… · tree and pragmatics
description: is the schoolmaster saying the bell's a total liar? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 801 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees the sunset, meets the poor boy, and the old Bell tells its tales» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees…

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is the schoolmaster saying the bell's a total liar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** schoolmaster · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** schoolmaster, bell, total liar · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 801 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees the sunset, meets the poor boy, and the old Bell tells its tales» 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/801-pg27200-part12/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:t8:1
# text = is the schoolmaster saying the bell's a total liar?
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	liar	liar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the schoolmaster |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the schoolmaster *not said here* | the bell |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bell=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the schoolmaster | a total liar |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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nah he says there was no bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:t8:o1:1
# text = nah he says there was no bell
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** | past | no bell |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah he says the bell was ringing under the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:t8:o2:1
# text = yeah he says the bell was ringing under the water
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ring** | past · progressive | the bell |  |  | the water |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under water=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nah he says there was no bell down there at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:t8:o3:1
# text = nah he says there was no bell down there at all
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	ccomp	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  | all |  | down, there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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yeah he says the bell rang

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:t8:o4:1
# text = yeah he says the bell rang
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ring** | past | the bell |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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