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title: Connor's friend says nobody will need footballers soon. What is the… — The future: hopes · tree and pragmatics
description: Connor's friend says nobody will need footballers soon. What is the best reply? Test 8 of lesson 24 «The future: hopes» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 8 · The future: hopes

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Connor's friend says nobody will need footballers soon. What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, nobody, best reply · **What happens:** say, need, be · **To what, where:** footballers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 of lesson 24 «The future: hopes» of the AI 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/ai/24-future-hopes/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Connor's friend says nobody will need footballers soon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t8:1
# text = Connor's friend says nobody will need footballers soon.
1	Connor	Connor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	footballers	footballer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Connor's friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **need** | future | nobody | footballers |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot footballer=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 the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t8:2
# text = What is the best reply?
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	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	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 best reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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People love watching people, so many things will stay human

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t8:o1:1
# text = People love watching people, so many things will stay human
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
11	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | People |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **watch** *not said to happen* | gerund | People *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** | future | many things |  |  |  |  | human *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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AI will be picked for the national team

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t8:o2:1
# text = AI will be picked for the national team
1	AI	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | future · passive |  | AI |  |  |  | for the national team | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for team=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All footballers will be replaced by robot players by next year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t8:o3:1
# text = All footballers will be replaced by robot players by next year
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	footballers	footballer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	replaced	replace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **replace** | future · passive | robot players | all footballers |  |  | year |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Football will be banned for robots only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t8:o4:1
# text = Football will be banned for robots only
1	Football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | future · passive |  | Football |  |  |  | for robots | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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