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title: Dylan, Gen Alpha: "I'm fasting till lunch, no cap, I'm starving." ("… — Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidde… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dylan, Gen Alpha: "I'm fasting till lunch, no cap, I'm starving." ("No cap" means no lie.) What does "fasting" mean here? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words

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Dylan, Gen Alpha: "I'm fasting till lunch, no cap, I'm starving." ("No cap" means no lie.) What does "fasting" mean here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dylan, I, cap · **What happens:** fast, starve, mean · **To what, where:** lie

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dylan, Gen Alpha: "I'm fasting till lunch, no cap, I'm starving."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t7:1
# text = Dylan, Gen Alpha: "I'm fasting till lunch, no cap, I'm starving."
1	Dylan	Dylan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	fasting	fast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	till	till	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	starving	starve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fast** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Dylan and Gen Alpha |  |  |  | till lunch and no cap |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **starve** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* ("No cap" means no lie.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t7:2
# text = ("No cap" means no lie.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | no cap | no lie |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What does "fasting" mean here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t7:3
# text = What does "fasting" mean here?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	fasting	fast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fast** *in a quote* | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | infinitive |  |  |  | here |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Not eating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t7:o1:1
# text = Not eating
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sleeping in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t7:o2:1
# text = Sleeping in
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep in** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Running quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t7:o3:1
# text = Running quickly
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hurrying up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:t7:o4:1
# text = Hurrying up
1	Hurrying	hurry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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