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title: ★★★ Jess: «Snow just guessed the pump lol.» What did he really do? — Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Jess: «Snow just guessed the pump lol.» What did he really do? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★

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★★★ Jess: «Snow just guessed the pump lol.» What did he really do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jess · **What happens:** guess, do · **To what, where:** Snow

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Jess: «Snow just guessed the pump lol.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t6:1
# text = ★★★ Jess: «Snow just guessed the pump lol.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Jess	Jess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	guessed	guess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pump	pump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** *in a quote* | past | Jess  ★ ★ ★ *not said here* | Snow |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pump=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:* What did he really do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t6:2
# text = What did he really do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Jess |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

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

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Mapped the cases and saw them gather round one pump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t6:o1:1
# text = Mapped the cases and saw them gather round one pump
1	Mapped	map	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	gather	gather	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	round	round	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	pump	pump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **map** | past |  | the cases |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past |  | cases *= case* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 3 | **gather** | present |  |  |  |  |  | round one pump | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Smelled every pump in London till one smelled bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t6:o2:1
# text = Smelled every pump in London till one smelled bad
1	Smelled	smell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	pump	pump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
8	smelled	smell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
9	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | participle |  | every pump |  | London |  |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pump=Theme in london=Location |
| 2 | **smell** | participle | one |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Closed every single pump in the whole of England

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t6:o3:1
# text = Closed every single pump in the whole of England
1	Closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pump	pump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | participle |  | every single pump |  |  |  | in the whole England | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent pump=Patient in england=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Asked the queen which of the pumps to close

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t6:o4:1
# text = Asked the queen which of the pumps to close
1	Asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pumps	pump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past |  |  | the queen |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **close** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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