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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★

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"lowkey sus, the ad says cosy, compact, needs TLC, and it's £900 a month lol" What is the flat really like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ad, month lol · **What happens:** say, need, be, like · **To what, where:** TLC · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t1:1
# text = "lowkey sus, the ad says cosy, compact, needs TLC, and it's £900 a month lol" What is the flat really like?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ad	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	compact	compact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	TLC	tlc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	900	900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	lol	lol	NOUN	NN	_	18	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	_
24	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	27	nsubj	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	_
28	really	really	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the ad |  |  |  |  | cosy *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent £=Topic |
| 2 | **need** *in a quote* | present | the ad *not said here* | TLC |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tlc=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | a month lol |  |  |  |  | flat *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **like** | infinitive | a month lol *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cheap and perfect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t1:o1:1
# text = Cheap and perfect
1	Cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Small and in need of repairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t1:o2:1
# text = Small and in need of repairs
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	repairs	repair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** |  |  | repairs |  |  |  |  | nom need «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Big and brand new

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t1:o3:1
# text = Big and brand new
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Warm and very large

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t1:o4:1
# text = Warm and very large
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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