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title: In a cartoon, a kid sneaks out to meet an internet friend and it's a… — The friend in the game you never met,… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a kid sneaks out to meet an internet friend and it's an adventure. What's true in real life? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 480 «The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend

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In a cartoon, a kid sneaks out to meet an internet friend and it's an adventure. What's true in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** sneak out, meet, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, internet friend, adventure, real life

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 480 «The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend» 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/480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a kid sneaks out to meet an internet friend and it's an adventure.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t9:1
# text = In a cartoon, a kid sneaks out to meet an internet friend and it's an adventure.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sneaks	sneak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	adventure	adventure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak out** | present | a kid |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory |
| 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | a kid *not said here* | a internet friend and a adventure |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | kid | a adventure |  |  |  |  | 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's true in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t9:2
# text = What's true in real life?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It's always a fun adventure, just like on TV

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t9:o1:1
# text = It's always a fun adventure, just like on TV
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fun	fun	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	adventure	adventure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a fun adventure and TV |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Parents always come along secretly to keep watch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t9:o2:1
# text = Parents always come along secretly to keep watch
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	along	along	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come along** | present | Parents |  |  |  |  | along, always, secretly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Parents *not said here* | watch |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Online friends are always kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t9:o3:1
# text = Online friends are always kids
1	Online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Online friends | kids |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

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

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Meeting an online stranger can be very dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:t9:o4:1
# text = Meeting an online stranger can be very dangerous
1	Meeting	meet	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | gerund |  | a online stranger |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **is** | can | Meeting |  |  |  |  | dangerous *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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