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title: ★★★ Jamal: «like a hundred keepy-uppies, well, 23». Next day: «I sma… — ★★★ Olympiad: hyperbole and downplayin… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Jamal: «like a hundred keepy-uppies, well, 23». Next day: «I smashed it, like a million, no, 31». By how many did he beat his record? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «★★★ Olympiad: hyperbole and downplaying puzzles» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · ★★★ Olympiad: hyperbole and downplaying puzzles

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★★★ Jamal: «like a hundred keepy-uppies, well, 23». Next day: «I smashed it, like a million, no, 31». By how many did he beat his record?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Jamal · **What happens:** smash, beat, record · **To what, where:** it, record

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Jamal: «like a hundred keepy-uppies, well, 23».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t3:1
# text = ★★★ Jamal: «like a hundred keepy-uppies, well, 23».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Jamal	Jamal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
10	keepy	keepy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	uppies	uppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	23	23	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Next day: «I smashed it, like a million, no, 31».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t3:2
# text = Next day: «I smashed it, like a million, no, 31».
1	Next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	31	31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** *in a quote* | past | I | it |  |  | day | like a million; 31 *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* By how many did he beat his record?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t3:3
# text = By how many did he beat his record?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | past · do-support | Jamal | Jamal's record |  |  |  | by many | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location record=Theme |
| 2 | **record** |  | Jamal |  |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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54

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t3:o1:1
# text = 54
1	54	54	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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69

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t3:o2:1
# text = 69
1	69	69	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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999,977

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t3:o3:1
# text = 999,977
1	999,977	999,977	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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8

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:55-olympiad-hyperbole-and-downplaying-puzzles:t3:o4:1
# text = 8
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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