--- title: Did the saint pick the best sin ever? — Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper,… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the saint pick the best sin ever? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 930 «Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/930-pg27200-part141/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/930-pg27200-part141/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explai… Did the saint pick the best sin ever? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** saint · **What happens:** pick · **To what, where:** best sin This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 930 «Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus» 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/930-pg27200-part141/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t9:1 # text = Did the saint pick the best sin ever? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 saint saint NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | past · do-support | the saint | the best sin | | | ever | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Patient | 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} Nah, he picked envy, and it led to the others ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t9:o1:1 # text = Nah, he picked envy, and it led to the others 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | past | he | envy | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent envy=Patient | | 2 | **lead** | past | envy | | | | | to the others | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to other=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he picked pride ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t9:o2:1 # text = Nah, he picked pride 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | past | he | pride | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pride=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nah, he picked drunkenness, and it led to the rest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t9:o3:1 # text = Nah, he picked drunkenness, and it led to the rest 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 drunkenness drunkenness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | past | he | drunkenness | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drunkenness=Patient | | 2 | **lead** | past | drunkenness | | | | | to the rest | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to rest=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he picked greed, and it led to all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t9:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he picked greed, and it led to all 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 greed greed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | past | he | greed | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greed=Patient | | 2 | **lead** | past | greed | | | | | to all | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to all=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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