--- title: Big sister in Manchester: "Our kid tried to light the candle first.… — Trick questions that catch quick think… · tree and pragmatics description: Big sister in Manchester: "Our kid tried to light the candle first. With his thoughts." What should come first? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Trick questions that catch quick think…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Trick questions that catch quick thinkers Big sister in Manchester: "Our kid tried to light the candle first. With his thoughts." What should come first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** try, light, think, come · **To what, where:** candle This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» of the world 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/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Big sister in Manchester: "Our kid tried to light the candle first. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t10:1 # text = Big sister in Manchester: "Our kid tried to light the candle first. 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Manchester Manchester PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** *in a quote* | past | Our kid | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **light** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Our kid *not said here* | the candle | | | | first *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product | 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:* With his thoughts." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t10:2 # text = With his thoughts." 1 With with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** | | kid | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | *Sentence 3:* What should come first? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t10:3 # text = What should come first? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | should | | | | | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The candle ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t10:o1:1 # text = The candle 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The match ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t10:o2:1 # text = The match 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The lamp ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t10:o3:1 # text = The lamp 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Whatever is closest ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t10:o4:1 # text = Whatever is closest 1 Whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Whatever | | | | | close *property* | tree rules | **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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