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title: Your mate: "Nothing's spelled wrong in a dictionary, innit, so the a… — Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidde… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate: "Nothing's spelled wrong in a dictionary, innit, so the answer's 'nothing'." What is the trick? Test 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
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words

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Your mate: "Nothing's spelled wrong in a dictionary, innit, so the answer's 'nothing'." What is the trick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** trick · **What happens:** spell, innit, be · **To what, where:** mate, dictionary

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 57 «Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words» of the English 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/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate: "Nothing's spelled wrong in a dictionary, innit, so the answer's 'nothing'."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t1:1
# text = Your mate: "Nothing's spelled wrong in a dictionary, innit, so the answer's 'nothing'."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | Your mate |  | a dictionary |  | nothing *obl*; wrong *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in dictionary=Manner |
| 2 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 is the trick?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t1:2
# text = What is the trick?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Dictionaries are really full of mistakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t1:o1:1
# text = Dictionaries are really full of mistakes
1	Dictionaries	dictionary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dictionaries |  |  |  |  | of mistakes; full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The riddle simply has no answer at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t1:o2:1
# text = The riddle simply has no answer at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the riddle | no answer |  | all |  | simply *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Patient |

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

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The word "wrong" is spelled W-R-O-N-G

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t1:o3:1
# text = The word "wrong" is spelled W-R-O-N-G
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	W	W	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	R	R	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	O	O	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	N	N	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	G	G	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present · passive |  | the word |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme w=Manner |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The answer is the word "dictionary"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t1:o4:1
# text = The answer is the word "dictionary"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the answer | the word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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