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title: Maisie mixes up two stories about wooden teeth. Which is true? — Kings, queens and emperors · tree and pragmatics
description: Maisie mixes up two stories about wooden teeth. Which is true? Test 6 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 6 · Kings, queens and emperors

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Maisie mixes up two stories about wooden teeth. Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Maisie · **What happens:** mix up, be · **To what, where:** two stories

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Maisie mixes up two stories about wooden teeth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t6:1
# text = Maisie mixes up two stories about wooden teeth.
1	Maisie	Maisie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mixes	mix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix up** | present | Maisie | two stories |  |  |  | about wooden teeth | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient |

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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:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t6:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both of them had wooden teeth made by the same man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t6:o1:1
# text = Both of them had wooden teeth made by the same man
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Both | wooden teeth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | wooden teeth *not said here* |  |  |  | by the same man | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Elizabeth I had wooden teeth carved from oak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t6:o2:1
# text = Elizabeth I had wooden teeth carved from oak
1	Elizabeth	Elizabeth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	flat	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Elizabeth | wooden teeth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
| 2 | **carve** | participle |  | wooden teeth *not said here* |  | oak |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Washington had wooden teeth painted white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t6:o3:1
# text = Washington had wooden teeth painted white
1	Washington	Washington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Washington | wooden teeth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  | wooden teeth *not said here* |  |  |  | white *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Neither had wooden teeth; Washington's were teeth, ivory and metal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t6:o4:1
# text = Neither had wooden teeth; Washington's were teeth, ivory and metal
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	Washington	Washington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past |  | wooden teeth |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | Washington's teeth and ivory and metal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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