--- title: It is given that a grandmother «has told me a thousand times» that s… — ★★★ Olympiad: hyperbole and downplayin… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a grandmother «has told me a thousand times» that she was born in 1950. Determine her age in the year 2000. Exam question 1 of lesson 55 «★★★ Olympiad: hyperbole and downplaying puzzles» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [★★★ Olympiad: hyperbole and downplayin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · ★★★ Olympiad: hyperbole and downplaying puzzles It is given that a grandmother «has told me a thousand times» that she was born in 1950. Determine her age in the year 2000. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, tell, bear, determine · **To what, where:** It, grandmother, me, she, 1950, age · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 55 «★★★ Olympiad: hyperbole and downplaying puzzles» 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/55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a grandmother «has told me a thousand times» that she was born in 1950. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:e1:1 # text = It is given that a grandmother «has told me a thousand times» that she was born in 1950. 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 _ 9 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 1950 1950 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | a grandmother | me | | time | | tree rules | | 3 | **bear** | past · passive | | she | | 1950 | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine her age in the year 2000. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:e1:2 # text = Determine her age in the year 2000. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 2000 2000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | grandmother's age | | | year | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} One thousand years ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:e1:o1:1 # text = One thousand years 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Nine hundred and fifty years ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:e1:o2:1 # text = Nine hundred and fifty years 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} One thousand and fifty years ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:e1:o3:1 # text = One thousand and fifty years 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Fifty years ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:e1:o4:1 # text = Fifty years 1 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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