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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★

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Teacher wrote "Mia is sociable", no wait, she crossed it out and wrote "Mia talks over others". What does the final report say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Teacher, Mia, final report · **What happens:** write, be, cross out, talk, say · **To what, where:** wait, Teacher, others · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teacher wrote "Mia is sociable", no wait, she crossed it out and wrote "Mia talks over others".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t2:1
# text = Teacher wrote "Mia is sociable", no wait, she crossed it out and wrote "Mia talks over others".
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	sociable	sociable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	wait	wait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
21	over	over	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Teacher | no wait |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mia |  |  |  |  | sociable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cross out** | past | Mia | Teacher |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **write** | past | Mia *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **talk** *in a quote* | present | Mia |  |  | others |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What does the final report say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t2:2
# text = What does the final report say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the final report |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Mia is top of the class in maths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t2:o1:1
# text = Mia is top of the class in maths
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Mia top |  | maths |  | of the class | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mia makes friends easily in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t2:o2:1
# text = Mia makes friends easily in class
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Mia | friends |  | class |  | easily *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mia is quiet and shy in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t2:o3:1
# text = Mia is quiet and shy in class
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mia |  |  | class |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Mia *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Mia talks over others in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t2:o4:1
# text = Mia talks over others in class
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | Mia |  |  | others |  | in class | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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