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# Exam question 1 · Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★

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Identify the thinking trap shown by the assertion "Everybody in the class must consider me foolish," made in the absence of any statement to that effect.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, thinking trap · **What happens:** identify, show, consider, make, absent · **To what, where:** thinking trap, me, absence, statement · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» of the reflection 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/reflection/32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e1:1
# text = Identify the thinking trap shown by the assertion "Everybody in the class must consider me foolish," made in the absence of any statement to that effect.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	thinking	thinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
5	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	appos	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	consider	consider	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
16	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
20	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	26	det	_	_
26	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	29	det	_	_
29	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | participle |  | the thinking trap *not said here* |  |  |  | by the assertion | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **consider** *in a quote* | must | the thinking trap | me |  |  |  | foolish *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent i=Attribute |
| 4 | **make** | participle |  |  |  | the absence of any statement to that effect |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 5 | **absent** |  |  | any statement to that effect |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Accurate perception, requiring no further examination

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e1:o1:1
# text = Accurate perception, requiring no further examination
1	Accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	perception	perception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
6	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | gerund | Accurate perception *not said here* | no further examination |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme examination=Precondition |

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

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Mind reading, the assumption of others' thoughts without enquiry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e1:o2:1
# text = Mind reading, the assumption of others' thoughts without enquiry
1	Mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	assumption	assumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assume** |  |  | others's thoughts without enquiry |  |  |  |  | nom assumption «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **think** |  | others |  |  |  |  | without enquiry | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent without=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fortune telling, the confident prediction of future events

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e1:o3:1
# text = Fortune telling, the confident prediction of future events
1	Fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	telling	telling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	confident	confident	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	prediction	prediction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **predict** |  |  | future events |  |  |  |  | nom prediction «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Grief, being a natural response to bereavement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e1:o4:1
# text = Grief, being a natural response to bereavement
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bereavement	bereavement	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** | gerund |  | a natural response |  |  |  | to bereavement | 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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