--- title: Determine which reading of the utterance «I have told you a million… — Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: Determine which reading of the utterance «I have told you a million times» is accurate. Exam question 1 of lesson 61 «Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/e1/) [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/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★ Determine which reading of the utterance «I have told you a million times» is accurate. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, I, reading · **What happens:** determine, tell, be, read · **To what, where:** utterance, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 61 «Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e1:1 # text = Determine which reading of the utterance «I have told you a million times» is accurate. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 reading reading NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 utterance utterance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 accurate accurate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | the utterance *not said here* | you | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | present | which reading of the utterance | | | | | accurate *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **read** | | | the utterance | | | | | nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} An understatement of a larger figure ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e1:o1:1 # text = An understatement of a larger figure 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 understatement understatement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understate** | | | a larger figure | | | | | nom understatement «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} An exaggeration meaning «many times», not a count ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e1:o2:1 # text = An exaggeration meaning «many times», not a count 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 exaggeration exaggeration NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 meaning mean VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | gerund | a exaggeration and a count *not said here* | | | | time | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} A precise count of one million instances ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e1:o3:1 # text = A precise count of one million instances 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 precise precise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 compound _ _ 6 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 instances instance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A count of one thousand instances ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e1:o4:1 # text = A count of one thousand instances 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 5 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 instances instance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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