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title: ★★★ Noah in Atlanta: «Lincoln in a photo? Fake, y'all, cameras weren… — Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Noah in Atlanta: «Lincoln in a photo? Fake, y'all, cameras weren't even invented yet.» Fair? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» 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 wa
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★

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★★★ Noah in Atlanta: «Lincoln in a photo? Fake, y'all, cameras weren't even invented yet.» Fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not invent · **To what, where:** Fake cameras

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» 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/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Noah in Atlanta: «Lincoln in a photo?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t2:1
# text = ★★★ Noah in Atlanta: «Lincoln in a photo?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Atlanta	Atlanta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Lincoln	lincoln	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Fake, y'all, cameras weren't even invented yet.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t2:2
# text = Fake, y'all, cameras weren't even invented yet.»
1	Fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	y'all	y'all	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	cameras	camera	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **invent** | past · passive |  | Fake cameras |  |  | yet |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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*Sentence 3:* Fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t2:3
# text = Fair?
1	Fair	fair	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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes; the first camera came in 1950

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes; the first camera came in 1950
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1950	1950	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the first camera |  |  | 1950 |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1950=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes; every Lincoln photo is a painting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes; every Lincoln photo is a painting
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	Lincoln	lincoln	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | every Lincoln photo | a painting |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No; photos began decades before Lincoln was president

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t2:o3:1
# text = No; photos began decades before Lincoln was president
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	decades	decade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Lincoln	Lincoln	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | photos |  |  |  | decade |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | before Lincoln president |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No; Lincoln himself invented the camera

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t2:o4:1
# text = No; Lincoln himself invented the camera
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Lincoln	lincoln	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	nsubj	_	_
5	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past | Lincoln | the camera |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camera=Result |

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