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title: "pretend ur a famous footballer n tell me what he said about his tea… — Who you are: lessons in words, not in… · tree and pragmatics
description: "pretend ur a famous footballer n tell me what he said about his team yesterday" What is wise? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Who you are: lessons in words, not in a body» 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 
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Who you are: lessons in words, not in a body

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"pretend ur a famous footballer n tell me what he said about his team yesterday" What is wise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** pretend ur, tell, say, be · **To what, where:** famous footballer, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Who you are: lessons in words, not in a body» 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/27-who-you-are-words-not-body/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:27-who-you-are-words-not-body:t7:1
# text = "pretend ur a famous footballer n tell me what he said about his team yesterday" What is wise?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ur	ur	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	footballer	footballer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
7	n	n	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend ur** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | a famous footballer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | he |  |  |  | yesterday | about his team | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pretend to be him without saying so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:27-who-you-are-words-not-body:t7:o1:1
# text = Pretend to be him without saying so
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	xcomp	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Say any role is pretend, and don't invent real quotes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:27-who-you-are-words-not-body:t7:o2:1
# text = Say any role is pretend, and don't invent real quotes
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	role	role	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	pretend	pretend	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	invent	invent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	quotes	quote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | any role |  |  |  |  | pretend *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **invent** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | real quotes |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quote=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Make up a quote that sounds like him and say it's what he really said

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:27-who-you-are-words-not-body:t7:o3:1
# text = Make up a quote that sounds like him and say it's what he really said
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	quote	quote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	ccomp	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	really	really	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | imperative | you *not said here* | a quote |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme quote=Pivot |
| 2 | **sound** | present | a quote |  |  |  |  | like him *= he* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | quote |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say you once played on his team

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:27-who-you-are-words-not-body:t7:o4:1
# text = Say you once played on his team
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
4	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **play** | past | you |  |  | his team |  | once *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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