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title: It is given that a pupil guessed 80 and that the true number was 85.… — Not unhappy and not half: litotes · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a pupil guessed 80 and that the true number was 85. Select the response consistent with the expression «You're not a million miles away». Exam question 4 of lesson 50 «Not unhappy and not half: litotes» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 4 · Not unhappy and not half: litotes

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It is given that a pupil guessed 80 and that the true number was 85. Select the response consistent with the expression «You're not a million miles away».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pupil, true number, you · **What happens:** give, guess, be, select, not be · **To what, where:** It, 80, 85, response

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 50 «Not unhappy and not half: litotes» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil guessed 80 and that the true number was 85.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:e4:1
# text = It is given that a pupil guessed 80 and that the true number was 85.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	guessed	guess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	80	80	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	85	85	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **guess** | past | a pupil | 80 |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 80=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | past | the true number | 85 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Select the response consistent with the expression «You're not a million miles away».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:e4:2
# text = Select the response consistent with the expression «You're not a million miles away».
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | You |  |  |  |  | million miles *obl:unmarked*; away *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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The guess was close

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:e4:o1:1
# text = The guess was close
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the guess |  |  |  |  | close *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The guess was distant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:e4:o2:1
# text = The guess was distant
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the guess |  |  |  |  | distant *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The guess exceeded a million

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:e4:o3:1
# text = The guess exceeded a million
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exceeded	exceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** | past | the guess | a million |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot million=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The guess was exact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:e4:o4:1
# text = The guess was exact
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the guess |  |  |  |  | exact *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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