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title: ★★★ Amara: «The «Kobzar» came out in 1840, right after the Opium War… — Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Amara: «The «Kobzar» came out in 1840, right after the Opium War began in 1839, so the war caused it.» Fair? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 opti
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★

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★★★ Amara: «The «Kobzar» came out in 1840, right after the Opium War began in 1839, so the war caused it.» Fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Opium War, war · **What happens:** come out, begin, cause · **To what, where:** 1840, 1839, Kobzar

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Amara: «The «Kobzar» came out in 1840, right after the Opium War began in 1839, so the war caused it.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t12:1
# text = ★★★ Amara: «The «Kobzar» came out in 1840, right after the Opium War began in 1839, so the war caused it.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Amara	Amara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Kobzar	Kobzar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	1840	1840	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	right	right	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
17	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Opium	Opium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	1839	1839	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	28	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** *in a quote* | past | ★ ★ Amara |  |  | 1840 |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | the Opium War |  |  | 1839 |  | right *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **cause** *in a quote* | past | the war | Kobzar |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=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:* Fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t12:2
# text = Fair?
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes; every event causes the next one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes; every event causes the next one
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | every event | the next one |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition one=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No; the «Kobzar» caused the Opium War

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t12:o2:1
# text = No; the «Kobzar» caused the Opium War
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Kobzar	Kobzar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Opium	Opium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | the Kobzar | the Opium War |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition war=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes; the «Kobzar» is about the Opium War

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes; the «Kobzar» is about the Opium War
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Kobzar	Kobzar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Opium	Opium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Kobzar |  |  |  |  | about the Opium War | tree rules |

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

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No; after is not because

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t12:o4:1
# text = No; after is not because
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	0	root	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	list	_	_
```

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

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