--- title: Mia's rule for Pirr is "lo means big". Which example proves her wrong? — Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made… · tree and pragmatics description: Mia's rule for Pirr is "lo means big". Which example proves her wrong? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 58 «Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/t10/) [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: Breakthrough puzzles in made…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages Mia's rule for Pirr is "lo means big". Which example proves her wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rule, Mia, example · **What happens:** be, rule, prove · **To what, where:** wrong This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 58 «Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages» of the English 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/english/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia's rule for Pirr is "lo means big". ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t10:1 # text = Mia's rule for Pirr is "lo means big". 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Pirr Pirr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 lo lo INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ 9 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mia's rule for Pirr | | | | | big, mean *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rule** | | Mia | | | | | for Pirr | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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:* Which example proves her wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t10:2 # text = Which example proves her wrong? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | which example | example's wrong | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} bopir = big bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t10:o1:1 # text = bopir = big bird 1 bopir bopir NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 = = SYM SYM _ 4 punct _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} lopir = small bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t10:o2:1 # text = lopir = small bird 1 lopir lopir NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 = = SYM SYM _ 4 punct _ _ 3 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} bomuk = big fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t10:o3:1 # text = bomuk = big fish 1 bomuk bomuk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 = = SYM SYM _ 4 punct _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} She is right ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t10:o4:1 # text = She is right 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | **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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