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title: Headline: «Prince in SHOCK snub!» The story says he «appeared not to… — Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Headline: «Prince in SHOCK snub!» The story says he «appeared not to wave» at one person. What do we really know? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 o
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★

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Headline: «Prince in SHOCK snub!» The story says he «appeared not to wave» at one person. What do we really know?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** story, we · **What happens:** say, appear, not wave, know · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Headline: «Prince in SHOCK snub!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t9:1
# text = Headline: «Prince in SHOCK snub!»
1	Headline	headline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	SHOCK	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	snub	snub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* The story says he «appeared not to wave» at one person.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t9:2
# text = The story says he «appeared not to wave» at one person.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	wave	wave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the story |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **appear** *in a quote* | past | story |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **not** **wave** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | story *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at one person | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at person=Location |

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*Sentence 3:* What do we really know?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t9:3
# text = What do we really know?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · do-support | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He was rude on purpose to the whole crowd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t9:o1:1
# text = He was rude on purpose to the whole crowd
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  | purpose |  | to the whole crowd; rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He refused to meet the person ever again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t9:o2:1
# text = He refused to meet the person ever again
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **meet** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the person |  |  | ever; again |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He hates that person and said so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t9:o3:1
# text = He hates that person and said so
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | He | person |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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In one photo he seems not to wave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:t9:o4:1
# text = In one photo he seems not to wave
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	wave	wave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | he |  |  | one photo |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **wave** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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