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title: Ollie: «he's def 10, he said so and he likes the same team». True? — Strangers who want to chat privately · tree and pragmatics
description: Ollie: «he's def 10, he said so and he likes the same team». True? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 410 «Strangers who want to chat privately» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Strangers who want to chat privately

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Ollie: «he's def 10, he said so and he likes the same team». True?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ollie · **What happens:** be, say, like · **To what, where:** 10, same team · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 410 «Strangers who want to chat privately» 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/410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ollie: «he's def 10, he said so and he likes the same team».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately:t4:1
# text = Ollie: «he's def 10, he said so and he likes the same team».
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	def	definitely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Ollie | 10 |  |  |  | definitely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **like** *in a quote* | present | Ollie | the same team |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot team=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:* True?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately:t4:2
# text = True?
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Anyone online can pretend to be any age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately:t4:o1:1
# text = Anyone online can pretend to be any age
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
2	online	online	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | can | Anyone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Anyone *not said here* | any age |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, he said it so it's true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, he said it so it's true
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, nobody ever bothers to lie about age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, nobody ever bothers to lie about age
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	bothers	bother	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bother** | present | nobody |  |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | to-infinitive | nobody *not said here* |  |  |  | about age |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about age=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only adults lie online

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately:t4:o4:1
# text = Only adults lie online
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	online	online	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | adults |  |  |  |  | online *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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