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title: «That rip didn't half pull, I was nearly in France!» says Tom off a… — Olympiad: odd one out, the right order… · tree and pragmatics
description: «That rip didn't half pull, I was nearly in France!» says Tom off a Devon beach. What does he really mean? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 77 «Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★

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«That rip didn't half pull, I was nearly in France!» says Tom off a Devon beach. What does he really mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rip, Tom · **What happens:** not pull, be, say, mean · **To what, where:** France · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 77 «Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★» of the medicine 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/medicine/77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «That rip didn't half pull, I was nearly in France!» says Tom off a Devon beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t11:1
# text = «That rip didn't half pull, I was nearly in France!» says Tom off a Devon beach.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	advmod	_	_
7	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
16	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
18	off	off	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Devon	Devon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pull** *in a quote* | past · do-support | that rip |  |  |  |  | half *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Tom |  |  | France |  | nearly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Tom |  |  |  |  | off a Devon beach | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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:* What does he really mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t11:2
# text = What does he really mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The rip pulled him under the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t11:o1:1
# text = The rip pulled him under the water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | the rip | him *= he* |  | the water |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The water was nice and warm today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t11:o2:1
# text = The water was nice and warm today
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the water |  |  |  | today | nice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He swam all the way across to France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t11:o3:1
# text = He swam all the way across to France
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	across	across	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | past | He | all way | France |  |  | across *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory |

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

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The current pulled him out a long way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t11:o4:1
# text = The current pulled him out a long way
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | past | the current | him *= he* |  |  |  | a long way *obl:unmarked* | 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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