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The longest is 24 cm and each next pipe is 2 cm shorter. How long is the shortest pipe? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, set, longest, next pipe · **What happens:** ★, have, be · **To what, where:** 8 pipes, 24 cm, shortest pipe This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside «The Wind in the Willows»» of the language 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/language/43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ A set of pan-pipes has 8 pipes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t11:1 # text = ★★★ A set of pan-pipes has 8 pipes. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 11 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **★** | present | ★ | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | a set of pan pipes | 8 pipes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=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. *Sentence 2:* The longest is 24 cm and each next pipe is 2 cm shorter. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t11:2 # text = The longest is 24 cm and each next pipe is 2 cm shorter. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 longest long ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 cm cm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 8 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 cm cm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the longest | 24 cm | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | each next pipe | | | | | 2 cm *obl:unmarked*; short *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* How long is the shortest pipe? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t11:3 # text = How long is the shortest pipe? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 shortest short ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the shortest pipe | | | | long *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 12 cm ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t11:o1:1 # text = 12 cm 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 cm cm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 16 cm ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t11:o2:1 # text = 16 cm 1 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 cm cm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 8 cm ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t11:o3:1 # text = 8 cm 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 cm cm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 10 cm ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t11:o4:1 # text = 10 cm 1 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 cm cm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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