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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★

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★★★ Ollie: «The war was 1914 to 1918, so five years of fighting, easy.» What's the catch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** catch · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** 1914

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 85 «Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★» of the history 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/history/85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Ollie: «The war was 1914 to 1918, so five years of fighting, easy.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t11:1
# text = ★★★ Ollie: «The war was 1914 to 1918, so five years of fighting, easy.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	1914	1914	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1918	1918	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	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 |  | 1914 |  |  |  | to 1918 | 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:* What's the catch?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t11:2
# text = What's the catch?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 catch |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It touched five years but lasted just over four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t11:o1:1
# text = It touched five years but lasted just over four
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | past | It |  |  |  | year |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **last** | past |  | four |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
None; it lasted exactly five full years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t11:o2:1
# text = None; it lasted exactly five full years
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | it |  |  |  | year |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It touched four years and lasted three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t11:o3:1
# text = It touched four years and lasted three
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | past | It |  |  |  | year |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **last** | past |  | three |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme three=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It lasted 18 years, from 1900 to 1918

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t11:o4:1
# text = It lasted 18 years, from 1900 to 1918
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1900	1900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1918	1918	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | It |  |  | 1900 to 1918 | year |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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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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