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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★

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Ukraine won Eurovision in 2004, 2016 and 2022: gaps of 12 years, then 6. Max says, "Halves every time, so the next win is wicked sure in 2025." ("wicked" means very). What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ukraine, Max, next win, wicked · **What happens:** win, say, be, mean · **To what, where:** Eurovision, 2004, Halves, 2025 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★» of the arts 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/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ukraine won Eurovision in 2004, 2016 and 2022: gaps of 12 years, then 6.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t11:1
# text = Ukraine won Eurovision in 2004, 2016 and 2022: gaps of 12 years, then 6.
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Eurovision	Eurovision	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	2004	2004	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	2016	2016	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
17	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | Ukraine | Eurovision |  | 2004 |  | 2016 *obl* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eurovision=Eventuality |

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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:* Max says, "Halves every time, so the next win is wicked sure in 2025."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t11:2
# text = Max says, "Halves every time, so the next win is wicked sure in 2025."
1	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	win	win	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	2025	2025	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Max | Halves |  |  | time |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent half=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the next win |  |  | 2025 |  | sure *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* ("wicked" means very).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t11:3
# text = ("wicked" means very).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | wicked |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t11:4
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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His sum is wrong: half of 6 makes the next win 2028

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t11:o1:1
# text = His sum is wrong: half of 6 makes the next win 2028
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	win	win	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	2028	2028	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | His sum |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | half of 6 | the next win |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset win=Product |
| 3 | **sum** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Contest wins are not a number pattern that must go on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t11:o2:1
# text = Contest wins are not a number pattern that must go on
1	Contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	wins	win	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Contest wins | a number pattern |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go on** | must | a number pattern |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, the gaps always halve, so 2025 is certain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t11:o3:1
# text = Nothing, the gaps always halve, so 2025 is certain
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	halve	halve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	2025	2025	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **halve** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | 2025 |  |  |  |  | certain *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pattern is right, but Eurovision stopped in 2022

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t11:o4:1
# text = The pattern is right, but Eurovision stopped in 2022
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	Eurovision	Eurovision	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pattern |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | past | Eurovision |  |  | 2022 |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 2022=Location |

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