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title: Lily from Glasgow: «Ma says the queue at the post office was a mile… — Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily from Glasgow: «Ma says the queue at the post office was a mile long, nae kidding. How long was it, like?» What's the sensible reading? Test 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 
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★

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Lily from Glasgow: «Ma says the queue at the post office was a mile long, nae kidding. How long was it, like?» What's the sensible reading?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lily, queue, sensible reading · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** mile, kidding · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 61 «Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★» of the adult life 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/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily from Glasgow: «Ma says the queue at the post office was a mile long, nae kidding.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t1:1
# text = Lily from Glasgow: «Ma says the queue at the post office was a mile long, nae kidding.
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Ma	ma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	mile	mile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	_
17	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	nae	nae	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	kidding	kidding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Lily from Glasgow |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the queue at the post office | a mile and nae kidding |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* How long was it, like?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t1:2
# text = How long was it, like?»
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | kidding |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the sensible reading?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t1:3
# text = What's the sensible reading?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the sensible reading |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Short, as she was being sarcastic about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t1:o1:1
# text = Short, as she was being sarcastic about it
1	Short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	sarcastic	sarcastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | about it; sarcastic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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About 1,000 people in a line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t1:o2:1
# text = About 1,000 people in a line
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	1,000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A long queue, but nowhere near a mile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t1:o3:1
# text = A long queue, but nowhere near a mile
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mile	mile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Exactly one mile of people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t1:o4:1
# text = Exactly one mile of people
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	mile	mile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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