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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages

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Kel: Josh says 20 is "lan mu". Check against the data. How do you really say 20?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kel, 20, you · **What happens:** say, be, check · **To what, where:** lan mu, data, 20 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 58 «Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages» 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/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kel: Josh says 20 is "lan mu".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t11:1
# text = Kel: Josh says 20 is "lan mu".
1	Kel	Kel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	lan	lan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	mu	mu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kel |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | 20 | lan mu |  |  |  |  | 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:* Check against the data.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t11:2
# text = Check against the data.
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	against	against	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	data	data	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the data |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against data=Location |

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*Sentence 3:* How do you really say 20?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t11:3
# text = How do you really say 20?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you | 20 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 20=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lan mu

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t11:o1:1
# text = lan mu
1	lan	lan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	mu	mu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ki lan ki

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t11:o2:1
# text = ki lan ki
1	ki	ki	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	lan	lan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ki	ki	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
mu lan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t11:o3:1
# text = mu lan
1	mu	mu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	lan	lan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ro lan mu

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t11:o4:1
# text = ro lan mu
1	ro	ro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	lan	lan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mu	mu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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