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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★

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★★★ A London dad in 1858: «Bit of a whiff off the river today.» The Thames stank so badly it was called the Great Stink. What came of it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Thames · **What happens:** stink, call, come · **To what, where:** Thames · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ A London dad in 1858: «Bit of a whiff off the river today.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t5:1
# text = ★★★ A London dad in 1858: «Bit of a whiff off the river today.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1858	1858	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	whiff	whiff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
18	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* The Thames stank so badly it was called the Great Stink.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t5:2
# text = The Thames stank so badly it was called the Great Stink.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Thames	Thames	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stank	stink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Stink	Stink	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stink** | past | the Thames |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP.location V»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **call** | past · passive |  | Thames |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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*Sentence 3:* What came of it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t5:3
# text = What came of it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of Thames | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of it=Initial\_Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Everyone left London for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t5:o1:1
# text = Everyone left London for good
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | Everyone | London |  |  |  | for good | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent london=Theme for good=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
London built big new sewers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t5:o2:1
# text = London built big new sewers
1	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sewers	sewer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | London | big new sewers |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sewer=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
London moved to a new river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t5:o3:1
# text = London moved to a new river
1	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | London |  |  | a new river |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to river=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Nothing, it was only a whiff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t5:o4:1
# text = Nothing, it was only a whiff
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	whiff	whiff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a whiff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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