--- title: ★★★ «Mum's said a hundred times her sister is 4 years older than her… — ★★★ Olympiad: hyperbole and downplayin… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «Mum's said a hundred times her sister is 4 years older than her. Mum is 38. How old is her sister?» Test 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 question and of each op --- [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/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★★ · ★★★ Olympiad: hyperbole and downplaying puzzles ★★★ «Mum's said a hundred times her sister is 4 years older than her. Mum is 38. How old is her sister?» **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, Mum · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** Mum, 38, old sister · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «★★★ Olympiad: hyperbole and downplaying puzzles» of the language 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/language/55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «Mum's said a hundred times her sister is 4 years older than her. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t1:1 # text = ★★★ «Mum's said a hundred times her sister is 4 years older than her. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW _ 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 17 than than ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · passive | | Mum | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ★ ★ ★ | | | | year | than Mum; old *property* | tree rules | 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:* Mum is 38. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t1:2 # text = Mum is 38. 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 38 38 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Mum | 38 | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* How old is her sister?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t1:3 # text = How old is her sister?» 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Mum's old sister | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 138 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t1:o1:1 # text = 138 1 138 138 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 42 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t1:o2:1 # text = 42 1 42 42 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 104 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t1:o3:1 # text = 104 1 104 104 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 34 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t1:o4:1 # text = 34 1 34 34 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 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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