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title: Which is the best tool to settle an argument about which of two line… — Illusions that fool the eye and advert… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the best tool to settle an argument about which of two lines is longer? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 3 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

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Which is the best tool to settle an argument about which of two lines is longer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, settle · **To what, where:** best tool, argument

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» of the everyday 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/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t3:1
# text = Which is the best tool to settle an argument about which of two lines is longer?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the best tool |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **settle** | to-infinitive |  | a argument |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme argument=Location |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about a argument; of two lines; long *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A torch shining on them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t3:o1:1
# text = A torch shining on them
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund | a torch *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on them *= they* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A ruler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t3:o2:1
# text = A ruler
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Your eyes from closer up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t3:o3:1
# text = Your eyes from closer up
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A vote by the class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t3:o4:1
# text = A vote by the class
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** |  | the class |  |  |  |  |  | nom vote «act transitive»: by=agent |

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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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