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title: Sophie: «I feel so stupid for believing her». Which is true? — The fake friend online · tree and pragmatics
description: Sophie: «I feel so stupid for believing her». Which is true? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · The fake friend online

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Sophie: «I feel so stupid for believing her». Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** feel, believe, be · **To what, where:** Sophie

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sophie: «I feel so stupid for believing her».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t9:1
# text = Sophie: «I feel so stupid for believing her».
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | stupid *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **believe** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* | Sophie |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t9:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She should never use the internet again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t9:o1:1
# text = She should never use the internet again
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | should | She | the internet |  |  | again |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent internet=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She should keep it secret from now on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t9:o2:1
# text = She should keep it secret from now on
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | should | She | it |  |  |  | secret *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer it=Beneficiary from now=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only stupid kids get fooled online

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t9:o3:1
# text = Only stupid kids get fooled online
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	fooled	fool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	online	online	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | present · passive |  | stupid kids |  |  |  | online *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

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Grown-ups get fooled too; telling was smart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:t9:o4:1
# text = Grown-ups get fooled too; telling was smart
1	Grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fooled	fool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | Grown ups |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **fool** | participle | Grown ups *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Grown ups *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** *not said to happen* | past | Grown ups *not said here* |  |  |  |  | smart *property* | 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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