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title: ★★★ Priya in Mumbai: «Sputnik went up, so America just chilled, lah.… — Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Priya in Mumbai: «Sputnik went up, so America just chilled, lah.» What did the USA really do? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 choic
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★

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★★★ Priya in Mumbai: «Sputnik went up, so America just chilled, lah.» What did the USA really do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, Sputnik, America, USA · **What happens:** ★, go up, chill, do · **To what, where:** Priya, Mumbai, lah · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Priya in Mumbai: «Sputnik went up, so America just chilled, lah.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t9:1
# text = ★★★ Priya in Mumbai: «Sputnik went up, so America just chilled, lah.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Priya	Priya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Mumbai	Mumbai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Sputnik	sputnik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	chilled	chill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **★** | present | ★ | Priya |  | Mumbai |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go up** *in a quote* | past | Sputnik |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **chill** *in a quote* | past | America | lah |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lah=Experiencer |

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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 the USA really do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t9:2
# text = What did the USA really do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Gave up on space travel for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t9:o1:1
# text = Gave up on space travel for good
1	Gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past |  |  |  | space travel for good |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bought Sputnik from the Soviets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t9:o2:1
# text = Bought Sputnik from the Soviets
1	Bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	Sputnik	Sputnik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Soviets	Soviet	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | participle |  | Sputnik |  | the Soviets |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sputnik=Theme from soviet=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Set up NASA and raced to the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t9:o3:1
# text = Set up NASA and raced to the Moon
1	Set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	NASA	NASA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	raced	race	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | participle |  | NASA |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient nasa=Result |
| 2 | **race** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the Moon *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to moon=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Built a copy of Sputnik and stopped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t9:o4:1
# text = Built a copy of Sputnik and stopped
1	Built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Sputnik	Sputnik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past |  | a copy of Sputnik |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset copy=Product |
| 2 | **stop** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **copy** |  |  | Sputnik |  |  |  |  | nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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