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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★

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Zoe sobs, "I've ruined everything a hundred times this year." Her friend counts: 2 bad moments. Which number tells the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Zoe, I, friend, number · **What happens:** sob, ruin, count, tell · **To what, where:** everything, truth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» 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/32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zoe sobs, "I've ruined everything a hundred times this year."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t9:1
# text = Zoe sobs, "I've ruined everything a hundred times this year."
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sobs	sob	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
8	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sob** | present | Zoe |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ruin** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | everything |  |  | time |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Her friend counts: 2 bad moments.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t9:2
# text = Her friend counts: 2 bad moments.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	moments	moment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | Zoe's friend |  |  |  | moment |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* Which number tells the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t9:3
# text = Which number tells the truth?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | which number | the truth |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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102

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t9:o1:1
# text = 102
1	102	102	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t9:o2:1
# text = 50
1	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t9:o3:1
# text = 2
1	2	2	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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100

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:t9:o4:1
# text = 100
1	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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