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title: ★★★ Aoife in Galway: «Sure, people learned to read first, then books… — Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Aoife in Galway: «Sure, people learned to read first, then books got cheap, then printing came along.» Fix the order. Test 2 · ★★★ 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 e
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★

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★★★ Aoife in Galway: «Sure, people learned to read first, then books got cheap, then printing came along.» Fix the order.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people, books, printing, you · **What happens:** learn, read, get, come along, fix · **To what, where:** order

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Aoife in Galway: «Sure, people learned to read first, then books got cheap, then printing came along.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t2:1
# text = ★★★ Aoife in Galway: «Sure, people learned to read first, then books got cheap, then printing came along.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Aoife	Aoife	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Galway	Galway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Sure	sure	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
18	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
20	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	24	advmod	_	_
23	printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
25	along	along	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** *in a quote* | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **read** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | past | books |  |  |  | then | cheap *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **come along** *in a quote* | past | printing |  |  |  | then | along *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Fix the order.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t2:2
# text = Fix the order.
1	Fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | the order |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent order=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Printing, readers, then the books got dear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t2:o1:1
# text = Printing, readers, then the books got dear
1	Printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Cheap books, printing, then readers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t2:o2:1
# text = Cheap books, printing, then readers
1	Cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Printing, cheap books, more readers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t2:o3:1
# text = Printing, cheap books, more readers
1	Printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Readers, cheap books, then printing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t2:o4:1
# text = Readers, cheap books, then printing
1	Readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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