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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad practice: the hardest cases

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Mo's mate says, "The ref didn't see it, so it didn't happen." What is a reasoned view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, ref, it, reasoned view · **What happens:** say, not see, not happen, be · **To what, where:** mate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Olympiad practice: the hardest cases» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mo's mate says, "The ref didn't see it, so it didn't happen."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t5:1
# text = Mo's mate says, "The ref didn't see it, so it didn't happen."
1	Mo	Mo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mo's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | past · do-support | the ref | mate |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **not** **happen** *in a quote* | past · do-support | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 is a reasoned view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t5:2
# text = What is a reasoned view?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	reasoned	reasoned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nobody ever owns up in football, so forget it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t5:o1:1
# text = Nobody ever owns up in football, so forget it
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
3	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | present | Nobody |  |  | football | ever |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **forget** | infinitive | Nobody *not said here* | football |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hand back the trophy without saying why

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t5:o2:1
# text = Hand back the trophy without saying why
1	Hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trophy	trophy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the trophy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He's right; only the ref decides what happened on the pitch, and that is final

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t5:o3:1
# text = He's right; only the ref decides what happened on the pitch, and that is final
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
10	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **decide** | present | the ref |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **happen** | past |  |  |  | the pitch |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on pitch=Location |
| 4 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | final *property* | tree rules |

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

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It did happen; owning up is admired, though people argue about the ref's call

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t5:o4:1
# text = It did happen; owning up is admired, though people argue about the ref's call
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	owning	own	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj:pass	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	admired	admire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	argue	argue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past · do-support | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **own up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **admire** | present · passive | owning |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |
| 4 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | people |  |  |  |  | about the ref's call | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about call=Topic |
| 5 | **call** |  | the ref |  |  |  |  |  | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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