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title: Charlie's mate: "Born 2016, it's 2026, so you're 10, innit?" Charlie… — Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps" · tree and pragmatics
description: Charlie's mate: "Born 2016, it's 2026, so you're 10, innit?" Charlie: "Not till December." Who's right in June? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 114 «Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"

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Charlie's mate: "Born 2016, it's 2026, so you're 10, innit?" Charlie: "Not till December." Who's right in June?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, you · **What happens:** be, innit · **To what, where:** 2026, 10

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 114 «Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"» of the world 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/world/114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Charlie's mate: "Born 2016, it's 2026, so you're 10, innit?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t3:1
# text = Charlie's mate: "Born 2016, it's 2026, so you're 10, innit?"
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Born	born	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	2016	2016	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	2026	2026	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | mate | 2026 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | 10 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | Charlie's mate |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* Charlie: "Not till December."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t3:2
# text = Charlie: "Not till December."
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	till	till	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right in June?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t3:3
# text = Who's right in June?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Neither; he's 8

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t3:o1:1
# text = Neither; he's 8
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | 8 |  |  |  | neither *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither; he's 11

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t3:o2:1
# text = Neither; he's 11
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | 11 |  |  |  | neither *property* | tree rules |

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

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Charlie; he's still 9 until his birthday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t3:o3:1
# text = Charlie; he's still 9 until his birthday
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
7	until	until	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Charlie | 9 |  |  | until Charlie's birthday; still |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The mate; he's 10 for the whole of the year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t3:o4:1
# text = The mate; he's 10 for the whole of the year
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | mate | 10 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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