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title: "the queue at the servo was a mile long, took forever, I waited like… — Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: "the queue at the servo was a mile long, took forever, I waited like 20 min" (a servo is a petrol station). How long did he wait? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★

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"the queue at the servo was a mile long, took forever, I waited like 20 min" (a servo is a petrol station). How long did he wait?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** queue, I, servo, he · **What happens:** be, take, wait · **To what, where:** mile, petrol station · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "the queue at the servo was a mile long, took forever, I waited like 20 min" (a servo is a petrol station).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t5:1
# text = "the queue at the servo was a mile long, took forever, I waited like 20 min" (a servo is a petrol station).
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	servo	servo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mile	mile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
13	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	min	min	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	servo	servo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the queue at the servo | a mile |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wait** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  | like 20 min | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | a servo | a petrol station |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* How long did he wait?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t5:2
# text = How long did he wait?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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As long as a mile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t5:o1:1
# text = As long as a mile
1	As	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mile	mile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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About 20 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t5:o2:1
# text = About 20 minutes
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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20 hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t5:o3:1
# text = 20 hours
1	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t5:o4:1
# text = Forever
1	Forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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