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description: Ben's Scottish nan says, "Och, it's dreich and I'm a wee bit low, hen." ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy; "hen" is a friendly name.) Which part is the understatement to gently ask about? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★

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Ben's Scottish nan says, "Och, it's dreich and I'm a wee bit low, hen." ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy; "hen" is a friendly name.) Which part is the understatement to gently ask about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Scottish nan, nan, Dreich, hen, part · **What happens:** say, be, mean, ask · **To what, where:** dreich, grey, friendly name, understatement · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» of the reflection 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/reflection/31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben's Scottish nan says, "Och, it's dreich and I'm a wee bit low, hen."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t7:1
# text = Ben's Scottish nan says, "Och, it's dreich and I'm a wee bit low, hen."
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Och	och	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	dreich	dreich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ben's Scottish nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | nan | dreich and hen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ben's Scottish nan *= nan* |  |  |  |  | a wee bit *obl:unmarked*; low *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:* ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy; "hen" is a friendly name.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t7:2
# text = ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy; "hen" is a friendly name.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Dreich	Dreich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Dreich | grey |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grey=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | hen | a friendly name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Which part is the understatement to gently ask about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t7:3
# text = Which part is the understatement to gently ask about?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	understatement	understatement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | which part | the understatement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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"och"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t7:o1:1
# text = "och"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	och	och	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"hen"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t7:o2:1
# text = "hen"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"dreich"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t7:o3:1
# text = "dreich"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	dreich	dreich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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"a wee bit low"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t7:o4:1
# text = "a wee bit low"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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