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title: Olympiad: tricky comprehension — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 60 «Olympiad: tricky comprehension» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Olympiad: tricky comprehension

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The 15 questions of lesson 60 «Olympiad: tricky comprehension» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 93 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/t1/) — Jake reads "Dogs must be carried on the escalator" and panics: "But I haven't got a dog!" What did he get wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/t2/) — "Everyone in the class except Sam passed the test. Sam's mum was proud." Why might she be proud? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/t3/) — Ella says, "'The old man the boat' isn't even a sentence!" Put her right. — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/t4/) — "The ball broke the window because it was weak." What was weak? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/t5/) — Your mate says, "'Not untrue' means false, innit, two nots." Put him right. — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/t6/) — Liam in Leeds, dry: "Champion, me bike's got a puncture again." ("Champion" means great in Yorkshire.) How does he really feel? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/t7/) — "Zoe is older than Max. Max is older than Ivy. Ivy is older than Ben." Who is the second youngest? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/t8/) — A cartoon says "Before Mia ate breakfast, she fed the cat" means breakfast came first. Fix it. — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/t9/) — Bethany, Gen Z: "Lily rides her bike every day, it's literally in the text, I'm dead." ("I'm dead" means I'm laughing so hard.) What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/t10/) — "Tom said, 'I never touched the cake,' with icing on his nose." Which word best describes Tom's claim? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/t11/) — "Nobody in the team is not tired." Is anyone in the team tired? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/e1/) — It is given that Amy exceeds Ben in height, Ben exceeds Cal, and Cal exceeds Dee. Identify the individual of least height. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/e2/) — Select the response that most accurately characterises the assertion "It is not untrue that Sam did not go to the party." — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/e3/) — Ascertain the meaning of the notice "Dogs must be carried on the escalator." — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/e4/) — Identify which of the following is not stated in the passage "Lily has a red bike. She rides it to school on Mondays." — right ✓ · exam

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