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title: Footy: "not our finest hour" after a 0–6 defeat, "a mixed bag" after… — Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Footy: "not our finest hour" after a 0–6 defeat, "a mixed bag" after a 2–2 draw, "a learning experience" after a 1–5 defeat. Which game was the worst loss? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★

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Footy: "not our finest hour" after a 0–6 defeat, "a mixed bag" after a 2–2 draw, "a learning experience" after a 1–5 defeat. Which game was the worst loss?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** game · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** worst loss

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Footy: "not our finest hour" after a 0–6 defeat, "a mixed bag" after a 2–2 draw, "a learning experience" after a 1–5 defeat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t12:1
# text = Footy: "not our finest hour" after a 0–6 defeat, "a mixed bag" after a 2–2 draw, "a learning experience" after a 1–5 defeat.
1	Footy	footy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	–	–	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	_
14	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	mixed	mixed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	after	after	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
23	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	–	–	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	flat	_	_
26	draw	draw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	experience	experience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	_
33	after	after	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
35	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	36	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	–	–	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	36	flat	_	_
38	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Which game was the worst loss?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t12:2
# text = Which game was the worst loss?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | which game | the worst loss |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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All equally bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t12:o1:1
# text = All equally bad
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
2	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The 2–2 draw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t12:o2:1
# text = The 2–2 draw
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	–	–	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	_
5	draw	draw	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}

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The 0–6 defeat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t12:o3:1
# text = The 0–6 defeat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The 1–5 defeat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t12:o4:1
# text = The 1–5 defeat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	defeat	defeat	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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