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title: Ruby: «why did you wait till 18 for GTA?» Sister: «...» What did she… — Older siblings and YouTube gameplay · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby: «why did you wait till 18 for GTA?» Sister: «...» What did she say? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 423 «Older siblings and YouTube gameplay» 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 8 · ★ · Older siblings and YouTube gameplay

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Ruby: «why did you wait till 18 for GTA?» Sister: «...» What did she say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, GTA · **What happens:** wait, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 423 «Older siblings and YouTube gameplay» 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/423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby: «why did you wait till 18 for GTA?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t8:1
# text = Ruby: «why did you wait till 18 for GTA?»
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	till	till	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	GTA	GTA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you |  |  |  | till 18 | for GTA; Ruby *vocative* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Sister: «...»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t8:2
# text = Sister: «...»
1	Sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	...	...	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What did she say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t8:3
# text = What did she say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | GTA |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Mum had hidden it in the attic for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t8:o1:1
# text = Mum had hidden it in the attic for years
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	attic	attic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · perfect | Mum | it |  | the attic | year |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in attic=Location |

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

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I got the jokes and story, not just shooting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t8:o2:1
# text = I got the jokes and story, not just shooting
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	shooting	shoot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | I | the jokes and story |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **shoot** | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It was too hard to play when I was little

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t8:o3:1
# text = It was too hard to play when I was little
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | I |  |  |  |  | little *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The game wasn't invented before I was 18

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t8:o4:1
# text = The game wasn't invented before I was 18
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **invent** | past · passive |  | the game |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **is** | past | I |  |  |  | before 18 |  | tree rules |

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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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