--- title: It is given that Amy exceeds Ben in height, Ben exceeds Cal, and Cal… — Olympiad: tricky comprehension · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that Amy exceeds Ben in height, Ben exceeds Cal, and Cal exceeds Dee. Identify the individual of least height. Exam question 1 of lesson 60 «Olympiad: tricky comprehension» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/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: tricky comprehension](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Olympiad: tricky comprehension It is given that Amy exceeds Ben in height, Ben exceeds Cal, and Cal exceeds Dee. Identify the individual of least height. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Amy, Ben, Cal, you · **What happens:** give, exceed, identify · **To what, where:** It, Ben, Cal, Dee, individual This is exam question 1 of lesson 60 «Olympiad: tricky comprehension» 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/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that Amy exceeds Ben in height, Ben exceeds Cal, and Cal exceeds Dee. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension:e1:1 # text = It is given that Amy exceeds Ben in height, Ben exceeds Cal, and Cal exceeds Dee. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Amy Amy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 exceeds exceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 exceeds exceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 Cal Cal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 Cal Cal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 exceeds exceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 18 Dee Dee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **exceed** | present | Amy | Ben | | | | in height | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot ben=Theme in height=Attribute | | 3 | **exceed** | present | Ben | Cal | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cal=Theme | | 4 | **exceed** | present | Cal | Dee | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dee=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Identify the individual of least height. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension:e1:2 # text = Identify the individual of least height. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 individual individual NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the individual of least height | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent individual=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Dee ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension:e1:o1:1 # text = Dee 1 Dee Dee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Ben ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension:e1:o2:1 # text = Ben 1 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Amy ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension:e1:o3:1 # text = Amy 1 Amy Amy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Cal ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension:e1:o4:1 # text = Cal 1 Cal Cal PROPN NNP 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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