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title: Each trap has a test question: "Is it really always?", "What's most… — Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Each trap has a test question: "Is it really always?", "What's most likely, not worst?", "Did they say that, or am I guessing?", "Can I know the future?", "Was it mine to control?"; a trapped thought usually fails its test, while a true worry passes it and deserves a plan. Who acts: trap, traps, tra
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# Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★, sentence 1

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Each trap has a test question: "Is it really always?", "What's most likely, not worst?", "Did they say that, or am I guessing?", "Can I know the future?", "Was it mine to control?"; a trapped thought usually fails its test, while a true worry passes it and deserves a plan.

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**Who acts:** trap, traps, trapped thought, true worry, future · **What happens:** have, be, not be, say, guess, know · **To what, where:** test question, question, that, future, test, plan · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trap, traps, trapped thought, true worry), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:reflection:032-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first.lesson:1
# text = Each trap has a test question: "Is it really always?", "What's most likely, not worst?", "Did they say that, or am I guessing?", "Can I know the future?", "Was it mine to control?"; a trapped thought usually fails its test, while a true worry passes it and deserves a plan.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = reflection
# lesson = 032-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first.lesson
# annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×1
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	expl	_	_
11	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=23:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:":_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	obj	_	_
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
19	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	20	advmod	_	_
20	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	worst	worst	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
27	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_
28	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
31	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	30	obj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=36:mark|HaikuPos=SCONJ:IN:_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	guessing	guess	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	30	conj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=43:advcl
37	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	36	punct	_	_
38	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	36	punct	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
40	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	43	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=36:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_
41	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	parataxis	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=30:ccomp
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
46	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	43	punct	_	_
47	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	43	punct	_	_
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
49	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
50	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	cop	_	_
51	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	mine	mine	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	control	control	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
55	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	54	punct	_	_
56	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	54	punct	_	_
57	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
58	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
59	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	60	amod	_	_
60	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nsubj	_	_
61	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
62	fails	fail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
63	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	64	nmod:poss	_	_
64	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	_
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
66	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	70	mark	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	nsubj	_	_
70	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	62	advcl	_	_
71	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	obj	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
73	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	70	conj	_	_
74	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obj	_	_
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	54	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | each trap | a test question |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | each trap *not said here* | question |  |  |  | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely, worst *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · do-support | traps *= trap* | that |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic |
| 5 | **guess** *in a quote* | present · progressive | traps *= trap* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **know** *in a quote* | can | traps *= trap* | the future |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer future=Stimulus |
| 7 | **is** *in a quote* | past | traps *= trap* |  |  |  |  | control *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **trap** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **fail** | present | a trapped thought | future's test |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality |
| 10 | **pass** | present | a true worry | test |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory |
| 11 | **deserve** | present | a true worry *not said here* | a plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **test** |  | future |  |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=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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**The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence.

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