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title: Ollie: "Snail goes up 3, slides 2, so 1 metre a day. 10-metre well,… — Olympiad: everyday reasoning ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Ollie: "Snail goes up 3, slides 2, so 1 metre a day. 10-metre well, 10 days, no cap." What is the real answer? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 194 «Olympiad: everyday reasoning ★★★» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: everyday reasoning ★★★

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Ollie: "Snail goes up 3, slides 2, so 1 metre a day. 10-metre well, 10 days, no cap." What is the real answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Snail, Ollie, real answer · **What happens:** go up, slide, be · **To what, where:** 3, 2

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 194 «Olympiad: everyday reasoning ★★★» of the world 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/world/194-olympiad-everyday-reasoning/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ollie: "Snail goes up 3, slides 2, so 1 metre a day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:194-olympiad-everyday-reasoning:t4:1
# text = Ollie: "Snail goes up 3, slides 2, so 1 metre a day.
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	slides	slide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	metre	metre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** *in a quote* | present | Snail | 3 |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **slide** *in a quote* | present | Ollie | 2 |  |  | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2=Agent |

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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:* 10-metre well, 10 days, no cap."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:194-olympiad-everyday-reasoning:t4:2
# text = 10-metre well, 10 days, no cap."
1	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	metre	metre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What is the real answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:194-olympiad-everyday-reasoning:t4:3
# text = What is the real answer?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	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 | the real answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Day 5; it climbs 3 metres every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:194-olympiad-everyday-reasoning:t4:o1:1
# text = Day 5; it climbs 3 metres every day
1	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | Day | 3 metres |  |  | day |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location metre=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Day 8; on the last day it climbs out before it can slip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:194-olympiad-everyday-reasoning:t4:o2:1
# text = Day 8; on the last day it climbs out before it can slip
1	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	slip	slip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb out** | present | Day |  |  |  | day |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **slip** | can | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It never gets out; it always slides back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:194-olympiad-everyday-reasoning:t4:o3:1
# text = It never gets out; it always slides back
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	slides	slide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get out** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **slide back** | present | it |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Day 10; one metre a day for ten metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:194-olympiad-everyday-reasoning:t4:o4:1
# text = Day 10; one metre a day for ten metres
1	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
2	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	metre	metre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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