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title: One report says "brave heroes defend our town", another says "angry… — Olympiad: check the claim and spot the… · tree and pragmatics
description: One report says "brave heroes defend our town", another says "angry mob blocks roads", about the same march. What can both probably agree on? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★

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One report says "brave heroes defend our town", another says "angry mob blocks roads", about the same march. What can both probably agree on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** One report, brave heroes, another, angry mob · **What happens:** say, defend, block, agree · **To what, where:** town, roads · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» of the politics 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/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* One report says "brave heroes defend our town", another says "angry mob blocks roads", about the same march.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t12:1
# text = One report says "brave heroes defend our town", another says "angry mob blocks roads", about the same march.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	defend	defend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	another	another	PRON	DT	PronType=Ind	13	nsubj	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	mob	mob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	blocks	block	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
18	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	about	about	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | One report |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **defend** *in a quote* | present | brave heroes | our town |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | another |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **block** *in a quote* | present | angry mob | roads |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer road=Theme |

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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 can both probably agree on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t12:2
# text = What can both probably agree on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	both	both	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | can |  |  |  |  |  | both, probably *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nobody marched at all that day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t12:o1:1
# text = Nobody marched at all that day
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	marched	march	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | past | Nobody |  |  | all | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The marchers were all heroes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t12:o2:1
# text = The marchers were all heroes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marchers	marcher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the marchers | all heroes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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People marched in the town that day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t12:o3:1
# text = People marched in the town that day
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	marched	march	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | past | People |  |  | the town | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The marchers were all a mob

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t12:o4:1
# text = The marchers were all a mob
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marchers	marcher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mob	mob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the marchers | all mob |  |  |  |  | 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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