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title: A rumour grows from «a van was outside» to «he was evicted». Select… — Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: A rumour grows from «a van was outside» to «he was evicted». Select the version most likely closest to the truth. Exam question 3 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 eac
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# Exam question 3 · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★

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A rumour grows from «a van was outside» to «he was evicted». Select the version most likely closest to the truth.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rumour, van, you · **What happens:** grow, be, evict, select · **To what, where:** rumour, version

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A rumour grows from «a van was outside» to «he was evicted».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e3:1
# text = A rumour grows from «a van was outside» to «he was evicted».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	van	van	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	evicted	evict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | a rumour |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | a van |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **evict** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | rumour |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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:* Select the version most likely closest to the truth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e3:2
# text = Select the version most likely closest to the truth.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	closest	close	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	1	parataxis	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the version |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent version=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The first and plainest version: a van was outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e3:o1:1
# text = The first and plainest version: a van was outside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	plainest	plain	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	van	van	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a van *not said here* |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The middle version, as an average of the others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e3:o2:1
# text = The middle version, as an average of the others
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	average	average	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **average** |  |  | the others |  |  |  |  | nom average «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whichever version was told by the most people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e3:o3:1
# text = Whichever version was told by the most people
1	Whichever	Whichever	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | the most people | Whichever version |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The latest version, because it has been repeated most

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e3:o4:1
# text = The latest version, because it has been repeated most
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	latest	late	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | present · perfect · passive | the latest version *not said here* | version |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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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