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title: A street story grew in three steps. Put them in order, first to last… — Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: A street story grew in three steps. Put them in order, first to last: A «Number 4 bought a giant telly, must've won the lottery!» B «Number 4 got a big parcel» C «Number 4 got a new telly» Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 61 «Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★» of the adult life course of Mova's primary s
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★

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A street story grew in three steps. Put them in order, first to last: A «Number 4 bought a giant telly, must've won the lottery!» B «Number 4 got a big parcel» C «Number 4 got a new telly»

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** street story, you, Number, B, C · **What happens:** grow, put, last, buy, win, get · **To what, where:** steps, order, giant telly, lottery, big parcel, new telly · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A street story grew in three steps.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t11:1
# text = A street story grew in three steps.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | a street story |  |  |  |  | in three steps | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in step=Location |

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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:* Put them in order, first to last: A «Number 4 bought a giant telly, must've won the lottery!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t11:2
# text = Put them in order, first to last: A «Number 4 bought a giant telly, must've won the lottery!»
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
10	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	_
14	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
21	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	ccomp	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	lottery	lottery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | steps *= step* |  | order |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **last** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **buy** *in a quote* | past | a Number | a giant telly |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telly=Theme |
| 4 | **win** *in a quote* | participle | a Number *not said here* | the lottery |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lottery=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 3:* B «Number 4 got a big parcel» C «Number 4 got a new telly»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t11:3
# text = B «Number 4 got a big parcel» C «Number 4 got a new telly»
1	B	B	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
10	C	C	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	_
14	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | B and Number | a big parcel |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parcel=Stimulus |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | C | a new telly |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer telly=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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C, B, A

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t11:o1:1
# text = C, B, A
1	C	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	B	B	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A, C, B

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t11:o2:1
# text = A, C, B
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	C	C	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	B	B	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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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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B, C, A

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t11:o3:1
# text = B, C, A
1	B	B	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	C	C	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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B, A, C

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t11:o4:1
# text = B, A, C
1	B	B	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	C	C	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

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