--- title: It is given that a ride took place in 1775 and a poem describing it… — Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a ride took place in 1775 and a poem describing it was written in 1860. Calculate the interval between them. Exam question 3 of lesson 37 «Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it/e3/) [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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★ It is given that a ride took place in 1775 and a poem describing it was written in 1860. Calculate the interval between them. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ride, poem, you · **What happens:** give, take, describe, write, calculate · **To what, where:** It, place, 1775, poem, 1860, interval This is exam question 3 of lesson 37 «Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★» of the myths 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/myths/37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a ride took place in 1775 and a poem describing it was written in 1860. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:e3:1 # text = It is given that a ride took place in 1775 and a poem describing it was written in 1860. 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 _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 1775 1775 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 describing describe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 1860 1860 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . 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 | **take** | past | a ride | place | | 1775 | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in 1775=Location | | 3 | **describe** | gerund | a poem *not said here* | poem | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **write** | past · passive | | a poem | | 1860 | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in 1860=Destination | 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:* Calculate the interval between them. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:e3:2 # text = Calculate the interval between them. 1 Calculate calculate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 interval interval NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 between between ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **calculate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the interval | | | | between them *= they* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Seventy-five years ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:e3:o1:1 # text = Seventy-five years 1 Seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Sixty-five years ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:e3:o2:1 # text = Sixty-five years 1 Sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Eighty-five years ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:e3:o3:1 # text = Eighty-five years 1 Eighty eighty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} One hundred and eighty-five years ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:e3:o4:1 # text = One hundred and eighty-five years 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 eighty eighty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 7 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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