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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★

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Shop sign: "Due to shrinkage, prices have been adjusted." What is the shop blaming for the price rise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shop · **What happens:** adjust, be, blame · **To what, where:** prices

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Shop sign: "Due to shrinkage, prices have been adjusted."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t7:1
# text = Shop sign: "Due to shrinkage, prices have been adjusted."
1	Shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	shrinkage	shrinkage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	adjusted	adjust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adjust** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive |  | prices |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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 is the shop blaming for the price rise?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t7:2
# text = What is the shop blaming for the price rise?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	blaming	blame	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the shop |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **blame** | gerund | the shop *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the price rise | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for rise=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Customers getting thinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t7:o1:1
# text = Customers getting thinner
1	Customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	thinner	thin	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund | Customers |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A cold winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t7:o2:1
# text = A cold winter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Clothes shrinking in the wash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t7:o3:1
# text = Clothes shrinking in the wash
1	Clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	_
2	shrinking	shrink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wash	wash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrink** | gerund | Clothes *not said here* |  |  | the wash |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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Goods being stolen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t7:o4:1
# text = Goods being stolen
1	Goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund · passive |  | Goods |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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