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title: wait, is Solomon smarter than him? — Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's St… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, is Solomon smarter than him? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 938 «Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wise man in a crystal castle fears death and teaches his children about the philosopher's stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wis…

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wait, is Solomon smarter than him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Solomon · **What happens:** wait, be

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 938 «Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wise man in a crystal castle fears death and teaches his children about the philosopher's stone» 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/938-pg27200-part149/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t10:1
# text = wait, is Solomon smarter than him?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	smarter	smart	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	parataxis	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Solomon |  |  |  |  | than him *= he*; smart *property* | 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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Solomon knew animal speech only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t10:o1:1
# text = Solomon knew animal speech only
1	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | Solomon | animal speech |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer speech=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, Solomon was wiser

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, Solomon was wiser
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Solomon |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, Solomon wins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t10:o3:1
# text = Nah, Solomon wins
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | Solomon |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Nah, the dude was way smarter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t10:o4:1
# text = Nah, the dude was way smarter
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	smarter	smart	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the dude | way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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