--- title: ★★★ Danny from Liverpool: «Boss film, sound, Columbus with a telesco… — Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Danny from Liverpool: «Boss film, sound, Columbus with a telescope on deck.» (boss and sound mean great) Spot it? 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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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Danny from Liverpool: «Boss film, sound, Columbus with a telescope on deck.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t4:1 # text = ★★★ Danny from Liverpool: «Boss film, sound, Columbus with a telescope on deck.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Danny Danny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Columbus Columbus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 telescope telescope NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* (boss and sound mean great) Spot it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t4:2 # text = (boss and sound mean great) Spot it? 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ 8 Spot spot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | boss and sound | | | | | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **spot** *not said to happen* | infinitive | boss and sound *not said here* | sound | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The deck; his ships had none ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t4:o1:1 # text = The deck; his ships had none 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the deck | none | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing; it's all spot on ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t4:o2:1 # text = Nothing; it's all spot on 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Nothing | spot | | | | all *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The compass; he had none ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t4:o3:1 # text = The compass; he had none 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 compass compass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the compass | none | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The telescope came in 1608 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t4:o4:1 # text = The telescope came in 1608 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 telescope telescope NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 1608 1608 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the telescope | | | 1608 | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1608=Location | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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