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title: ★★★ Grandpa Earl: «Back in my day... well, my grandad's day, every t… — Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Grandpa Earl: «Back in my day... well, my grandad's day, every town kept its own time, and the trains changed nothing.» True? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★

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★★★ Grandpa Earl: «Back in my day... well, my grandad's day, every town kept its own time, and the trains changed nothing.» True?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, trains · **What happens:** keep, change · **To what, where:** nothing

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Grandpa Earl: «Back in my day... well, my grandad's day, every town kept its own time, and the trains changed nothing.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t7:1
# text = ★★★ Grandpa Earl: «Back in my day... well, my grandad's day, every town kept its own time, and the trains changed nothing.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
4	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Earl	Earl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	...	...	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
23	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
24	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
30	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
31	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | past | ★ ★ ★ |  |  |  | day; time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **change** *in a quote* | past | the trains | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=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:* True?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t7:2
# text = True?
1	True	true	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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, railways put towns on London time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t7:o1:1
# text = No, railways put towns on London time
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	railways	railway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | railways | towns |  |  | time |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent town=Goal |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, every town keeps its own time still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t7:o2:1
# text = Yes, every town keeps its own time still
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | every town |  |  |  | still; time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, a law of Napoleon's made them change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t7:o3:1
# text = No, a law of Napoleon's made them change
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	Napoleon	Napoleon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	csubj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 2 | **change** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the change came with the internet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, the change came with the internet
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the change |  |  |  |  | with the internet | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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