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title: Gran from Cardiff, tamping: «That parcel text wants £1.99 by tonight… — Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran from Cardiff, tamping: «That parcel text wants £1.99 by tonight or they send it back, the cheek!» What's going on? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★

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Gran from Cardiff, tamping: «That parcel text wants £1.99 by tonight or they send it back, the cheek!» What's going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** parcel text, they · **What happens:** tamp, want, send back, go on · **To what, where:** text · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran from Cardiff, tamping: «That parcel text wants £1.99 by tonight or they send it back, the cheek!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t7:1
# text = Gran from Cardiff, tamping: «That parcel text wants £1.99 by tonight or they send it back, the cheek!»
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Cardiff	Cardiff	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	tamping	tamp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
9	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	£	£	SYM	$	_	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	1.99	1.99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	send	send	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	back	back	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	cheek	cheek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tamp** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | that parcel text |  |  |  | tonight |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot £=Theme |
| 3 | **send back** *in a quote* | present | they | text |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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:* What's going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t7:2
# text = What's going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The post office has lost her parcel by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t7:o1:1
# text = The post office has lost her parcel by mistake
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive | mistake | the post office |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A free gift that she must pay for quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t7:o2:1
# text = A free gift that she must pay for quickly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | must | a free gift |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for quickly=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A scam using a rush to get her card details

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t7:o3:1
# text = A scam using a rush to get her card details
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scam	scam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rush	rush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | a scam *not said here* | a rush |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rush=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | a scam *not said here* | her card details |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer detail=Stimulus |
| 3 | **detail** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A real delivery firm being rude to her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t7:o4:1
# text = A real delivery firm being rude to her
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	firm	firm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | a real delivery firm |  | her *= she* |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

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