--- title: Identify the term denoting a composition from which a particular let… — Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidde… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the term denoting a composition from which a particular letter has been deliberately excluded. Exam question 1 of lesson 57 «Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidde…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words Identify the term denoting a composition from which a particular letter has been deliberately excluded. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, term · **What happens:** identify, denote, exclude · **To what, where:** term, composition, particular letter This is exam question 1 of lesson 57 «Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e1:1 # text = Identify the term denoting a composition from which a particular letter has been deliberately excluded. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 denoting denote VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 composition composition NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 deliberately deliberately ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 excluded exclude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the term | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme | | 2 | **denote** | gerund | the term *not said here* | a composition | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot composition=Topic | | 3 | **exclude** | present · perfect · passive | | a particular letter | | a composition | | deliberately *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from which=Eventuality | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A palindrome ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e1:o1:1 # text = A palindrome 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 palindrome palindrome NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A pangram ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e1:o2:1 # text = A pangram 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pangram pangram NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} An acrostic ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e1:o3:1 # text = An acrostic 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 acrostic acrostic NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A lipogram ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e1:o4:1 # text = A lipogram 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lipogram lipogram NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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