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title: "We dropped the toast twice and it landed butter down both times, so… — Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: "We dropped the toast twice and it landed butter down both times, so it's ALWAYS butter down." What's the problem? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 of each optio
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★

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"We dropped the toast twice and it landed butter down both times, so it's ALWAYS butter down." What's the problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** We, toast, problem · **What happens:** drop down, land down, be · **To what, where:** toast, butter

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "We dropped the toast twice and it landed butter down both times, so it's ALWAYS butter down."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:t5:1
# text = "We dropped the toast twice and it landed butter down both times, so it's ALWAYS butter down."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
12	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	ALWAYS	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	19	advmod	_	_
19	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
20	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop down** *in a quote* | past | We | the toast |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toast=Theme |
| 2 | **land down** *in a quote* | past | toast | butter |  |  | time |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: agent=Theme butter=Destination |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | toast | butter |  |  |  | always *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:t5:2
# text = What's the problem?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the problem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Butter makes toast land the right way up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:t5:o1:1
# text = Butter makes toast land the right way up
1	Butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Butter | toast |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **land** | infinitive | toast *not said here* | the right way |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: agent=Theme way=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, two drops prove it for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing, two drops prove it for ever
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	prove	prove	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | Nothing | it |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The toast was the wrong kind of bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:t5:o3:1
# text = The toast was the wrong kind of bread
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the toast | the wrong kind |  |  |  | of bread | tree rules |

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

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Two drops are far too few

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it:t5:o4:1
# text = Two drops are far too few
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Two drops |  |  |  |  | far, few *property* | 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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