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title: ★★★ Grandad Bob: «In 1960 we had a telly, a phone box down the road… — Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Grandad Bob: «In 1960 we had a telly, a phone box down the road and no internet.» Any anachronism? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★

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★★★ Grandad Bob: «In 1960 we had a telly, a phone box down the road and no internet.» Any anachronism?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** telly, 1960

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» of the history 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/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Grandad Bob: «In 1960 we had a telly, a phone box down the road and no internet.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t8:1
# text = ★★★ Grandad Bob: «In 1960 we had a telly, a phone box down the road and no internet.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Bob	Bob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	In	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1960	1960	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
18	down	down	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	23	det	_	_
23	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | ★ ★ Grandad Bob | a telly and a phone box down the road and no internet |  | 1960 |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telly=Patient |

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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:* Any anachronism?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t8:2
# text = Any anachronism?
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	anachronism	anachronism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The telly; TV came in 1990

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t8:o1:1
# text = The telly; TV came in 1990
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1990	1990	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 | **come** | past | the telly and TV |  |  | 1990 |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1990=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No internet; it was everywhere then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t8:o2:1
# text = No internet; it was everywhere then
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | internet |  |  |  | then | everywhere *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The phone box; they came in 2000

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t8:o3:1
# text = The phone box; they came in 2000
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the phone box |  |  | 2000 |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 2000=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
None; all of that fits 1960

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t8:o4:1
# text = None; all of that fits 1960
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	appos	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nmod	_	_
6	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	1960	1960	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | None | 1960 |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 1960=Patient |

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