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title: What would happen if you tried to watch a film online at home in 1995? — "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990 · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if you tried to watch a film online at home in 1995? Test 11 of lesson 126 «"In the olden days": Grandad's 1990» of the world 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 11 · "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990

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What would happen if you tried to watch a film online at home in 1995?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, try, watch · **To what, where:** film, home

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This is test 11 of lesson 126 «"In the olden days": Grandad's 1990» 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/126-in-the-olden-days/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t11:1
# text = What would happen if you tried to watch a film online at home in 1995?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	online	online	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	1995	1995	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a film |  | home |  | in 1995; online *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It would be completely free and start instantly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t11:o1:1
# text = It would be completely free and start instantly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | It |  |  |  |  | completely, free *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **start** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | instantly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would work fine, but only on the big family TV

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t11:o2:1
# text = It would work fine, but only on the big family TV
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | would | It | fine |  | the big family TV |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent fine=Material |

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

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You couldn't really: dial-up was far too slow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t11:o3:1
# text = You couldn't really: dial-up was far too slow
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	dial	dial	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dial** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | up |  |  |  |  | far, slow *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would load in a second, just like it does now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t11:o4:1
# text = It would load in a second, just like it does now
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	load	load	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **load** | would | It |  |  |  | second |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | it |  |  |  | now |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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