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Which is praise? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** praise · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «Could be worse», said after a 6–0 defeat, and «Not bad for a beginner», said after a first length. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t10:1 # text = ★★★ «Could be worse», said after a 6–0 defeat, and «Not bad for a beginner», said after a first length. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 15 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 0 0 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nmod _ _ 16 defeat defeat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 « « PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 beginner beginner NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 » » PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 28 after after ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 31 amod _ _ 31 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | could | ★ *not said here* | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ★ | | | | after a 6 defeat | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ★ *not said here* | | | | after a first length | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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:* Which is praise? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t10:2 # text = Which is praise? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 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 | | praise | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Both of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t10:o1:1 # text = Both of them 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Neither of them is any kind of praise ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t10:o2:1 # text = Neither of them is any kind of praise 1 Neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Neither | any kind | | | | of praise | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} «Not bad for a beginner» ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t10:o3:1 # text = «Not bad for a beginner» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 beginner beginner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} «Could be worse» ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t10:o4:1 # text = «Could be worse» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | could | | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | **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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