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title: «Send me the code from your mum's phone, it's for a game thing». Why… — The fake friend online · tree and pragmatics
description: «Send me the code from your mum's phone, it's for a game thing». Why say no? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 447 «The fake friend online» 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 · ★ · The fake friend online

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«Send me the code from your mum's phone, it's for a game thing». Why say no?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, code · **What happens:** send, be, say · **To what, where:** code, me, phone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 447 «The fake friend online» 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/447-the-fake-friend-online/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Send me the code from your mum's phone, it's for a game thing».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t4:1
# text = «Send me the code from your mum's phone, it's for a game thing».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the code | me | your mum's phone |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination code=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | code |  |  |  |  | for a game thing | 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:* Why say no?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t4:2
# text = Why say no?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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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 |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The game doesn't use codes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t4:o1:1
# text = The game doesn't use codes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	codes	code	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | present · do-support | the game | codes |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent code=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Codes are boring to send

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t4:o2:1
# text = Codes are boring to send
1	Codes	code	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Codes |  |  |  |  | boring *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | to-infinitive | Codes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Codes like that can open accounts, even a bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t4:o3:1
# text = Codes like that can open accounts, even a bank
1	Codes	code	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nmod	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | can | Codes like that | accounts |  |  |  | a bank *obl* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location account=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Your mum's phone has no codes, so it can't be anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t4:o4:1
# text = Your mum's phone has no codes, so it can't be anything
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	codes	code	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
14	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Your mum's phone | no codes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent code=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **can** | can | phone |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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