--- title: It is given that a speaker has no siblings and states that "this man… — Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidde… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a speaker has no siblings and states that "this man's father is my father's son". Determine the identity of the man depicted. Exam question 4 of lesson 57 «Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/e4/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidde…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words It is given that a speaker has no siblings and states that "this man's father is my father's son". Determine the identity of the man depicted. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** speaker, father, you, man · **What happens:** give, have, be, determine, depict · **To what, where:** It, siblings, son, identity This is exam question 4 of lesson 57 «Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a speaker has no siblings and states that "this man's father is my father's son". ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e4:1 # text = It is given that a speaker has no siblings and states that "this man's father is my father's son". 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 siblings sibling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 states state NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | a speaker | no siblings and states | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sibling=Patient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this man's father | my father's son | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the identity of the man depicted. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e4:2 # text = Determine the identity of the man depicted. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 identity identity NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 depicted depict VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the identity | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic | | 2 | **depict** | past | the man | the identity *not said here* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent identity=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The speaker himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e4:o1:1 # text = The speaker himself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The speaker's father ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e4:o2:1 # text = The speaker's father 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The speaker's son ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e4:o3:1 # text = The speaker's son 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The speaker's brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e4:o4:1 # text = The speaker's brother 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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