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title: Amira tells the Lady Godiva story as fact. What is the wise thing to… — Kings, queens and emperors · tree and pragmatics
description: Amira tells the Lady Godiva story as fact. What is the wise thing to say? Test 10 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · Kings, queens and emperors

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Amira tells the Lady Godiva story as fact. What is the wise thing to say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Amira, wise thing · **What happens:** tell, be, say · **To what, where:** Godiva story · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths 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/myths/19-kings-queens-and-emperors/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Amira tells the Lady Godiva story as fact.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t10:1
# text = Amira tells the Lady Godiva story as fact.
1	Amira	Amira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Godiva	Godiva	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Amira | the Godiva story |  |  |  | as fact | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the wise thing to say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t10:2
# text = What is the wise thing to say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wise thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the wise thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She never lived, so the whole story is a lie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t10:o1:1
# text = She never lived, so the whole story is a lie
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **live** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the whole story | a lie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It's a legend written long after; Peeping Tom was added later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t10:o2:1
# text = It's a legend written long after; Peeping Tom was added later
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	Peeping	Peeping	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a legend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **write after** | participle |  | a legend *not said here* |  |  |  | long *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | Peeping |  |  |  | late *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only the part about the horse is a legend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t10:o3:1
# text = Only the part about the horse is a legend
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the part about the horse | a legend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Every word is true because it's in a famous painting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t10:o4:1
# text = Every word is true because it's in a famous painting
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every word |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | word |  |  | a famous painting |  |  | tree rules |

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