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title: Your friend in Toronto says «If you don't climb the pylon, you're a… — Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your friend in Toronto says «If you don't climb the pylon, you're a baby!». What is the best reply? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 3 · ★ · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares

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Your friend in Toronto says «If you don't climb the pylon, you're a baby!». What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, you, best reply · **What happens:** say, not climb, be · **To what, where:** pylon, baby · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» of the everyday 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/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend in Toronto says «If you don't climb the pylon, you're a baby!».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t3:1
# text = Your friend in Toronto says «If you don't climb the pylon, you're a baby!».
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pylon	pylon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Your friend in Toronto |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **climb** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | you | the pylon |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location pylon=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a baby |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t3:2
# 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 {#o1}

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«You go first and I'll follow right behind you»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t3:o1:1
# text = «You go first and I'll follow right behind you»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present | You |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** *in a quote* | future | I |  |  |  |  | behind you | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind you=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«I'll do it tomorrow»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t3:o2:1
# text = «I'll do it tomorrow»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | future | I | it |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«OK, but only halfway»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t3:o3:1
# text = «OK, but only halfway»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	OK	ok	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	halfway	halfway	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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

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«No way — electricity can kill»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t3:o4:1
# text = «No way — electricity can kill»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** *in a quote* | can | electricity | no way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |

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