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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★

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"my brother's mate's dad saw a horned Viking helmet in a museum, no cap" How strong is that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, that · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** horned Viking helmet, museum

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★» of the myths 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/myths/37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:t4:1
# text = "my brother's mate's dad saw a horned Viking helmet in a museum, no cap" How strong is that?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	horned	horned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	Viking	viking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	_
20	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	_
21	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | my brother's mate's dad | a horned Viking helmet and no cap |  | a museum |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer helmet=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Strong: three people all agree on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:t4:o1:1
# text = Strong: three people all agree on it
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Strong three people |  |  |  |  | on it; all *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on it=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Weak: it can't be checked, and none has been dug up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:t4:o2:1
# text = Weak: it can't be checked, and none has been dug up
1	Weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **check** | can · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **dig up** | present · perfect · passive |  | none |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Weak: museums never have Viking things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:t4:o3:1
# text = Weak: museums never have Viking things
1	Weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	museums	museum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Viking	Viking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present | Weak museums | Viking things |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Strong: a dad would never get a museum wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:t4:o4:1
# text = Strong: a dad would never get a museum wrong
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | would | a dad | a museum |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer museum=Stimulus |

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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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