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title: ★★★ Mason in Boston: «Wicked simple: one dude got shot in Sarajevo,… — Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Mason in Boston: «Wicked simple: one dude got shot in Sarajevo, so the whole world went to war.» Best reply? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 86 «Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★

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★★★ Mason in Boston: «Wicked simple: one dude got shot in Sarajevo, so the whole world went to war.» Best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** whole world · **What happens:** shoot, go · **To what, where:** one dude, Sarajevo, war

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 86 «Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★» 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/86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Mason in Boston: «Wicked simple: one dude got shot in Sarajevo, so the whole world went to war.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t1:1
# text = ★★★ Mason in Boston: «Wicked simple: one dude got shot in Sarajevo, so the whole world went to war.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Mason	Mason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Boston	Boston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	shot	shoot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	parataxis	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Sarajevo	Sarajevo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | one dude |  | Sarajevo |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in sarajevo=Destination |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | past | the whole world |  |  | war |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial\_Location |

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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:* Best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t1:2
# text = Best reply?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, the war began when Britain invaded Sarajevo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t1:o1:1
# text = No, the war began when Britain invaded Sarajevo
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	invaded	invade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	Sarajevo	Sarajevo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | the war |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **invade** | past | Britain | Sarajevo |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The shot was a spark; rival alliances pulled countries in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t1:o2:1
# text = The shot was a spark; rival alliances pulled countries in
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	rival	rival	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	alliances	alliance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the shot | a spark |  | rival alliances and pulled countries |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, that shot came four years after the war ended

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t1:o3:1
# text = No, that shot came four years after the war ended
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | that shot |  |  |  | year |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **end** | past | the war |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, one shot and nothing else, that's the whole story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, one shot and nothing else, that's the whole story
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	conj	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | the whole story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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