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title: "ur wrong ezra, frogs in milk is just a dumb story" Who is fairer? — Ancient times and famous stories · tree and pragmatics
description: "ur wrong ezra, frogs in milk is just a dumb story" Who is fairer? Test 9 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» 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 9 · Ancient times and famous stories

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"ur wrong ezra, frogs in milk is just a dumb story" Who is fairer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wrong ezra, dumb story · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** dumb story · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» 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/21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t9:1
# text = "ur wrong ezra, frogs in milk is just a dumb story" Who is fairer?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ezra	ezra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	_
15	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | ur's wrong ezra and frogs in milk | a dumb story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a dumb story |  |  |  |  | fair *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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Both are wrong, because frogs live only in milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t9:o1:1
# text = Both are wrong, because frogs live only in milk
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Both |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | frogs |  |  | milk |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in milk=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The friend: nobody ever put frogs in milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t9:o2:1
# text = The friend: nobody ever put frogs in milk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | participle · passive | the friend *not said here* | nobody |  | milk | ever |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset frog=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ezra: it is proven to keep milk fresh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t9:o3:1
# text = Ezra: it is proven to keep milk fresh
1	Ezra	Ezra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present · passive | Ezra *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Ezra *not said here* | milk |  |  |  | fresh *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme |

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

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Ezra is partly right; it's reported in some villages, but not proven to work

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t9:o4:1
# text = Ezra is partly right; it's reported in some villages, but not proven to work
1	Ezra	Ezra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	villages	village	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ezra |  |  |  |  | partly, right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **report** | present · passive |  | it |  | some villages |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **prove** | participle | Ezra *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **work** | to-infinitive | Ezra *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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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