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title: Ella: "Was there YouTube when you were 10, Grandad?" He was 10 in 19… — "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990 · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella: "Was there YouTube when you were 10, Grandad?" He was 10 in 1980. What's right? Test 4 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 right.
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# Test 4 · "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990

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Ella: "Was there YouTube when you were 10, Grandad?" He was 10 in 1980. What's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** YouTube · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** YouTube, 10, 1980

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella: "Was there YouTube when you were 10, Grandad?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t4:1
# text = Ella: "Was there YouTube when you were 10, Grandad?"
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
6	YouTube	YouTube	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past |  | YouTube |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | YouTube | 10 |  |  |  |  | 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:* He was 10 in 1980.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t4:2
# text = He was 10 in 1980.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1980	1980	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	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 a** | past | YouTube | 10 |  | 1980 |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t4:3
# text = What's right?
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	right	right	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 |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, but only in black and white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only in black and white
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, YouTube started in 1975

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, YouTube started in 1975
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	YouTube	YouTube	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1975	1975	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | YouTube |  |  | 1975 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, but everyone had smartphones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t4:o3:1
# text = No, but everyone had smartphones
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	smartphones	smartphone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | everyone | smartphones |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smartphone=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No; the web went public in 1991 and YouTube started in 2005

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t4:o4:1
# text = No; the web went public in 1991 and YouTube started in 2005
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1991	1991	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	YouTube	YouTube	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	2005	2005	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the web |  |  | 1991 |  | public *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1991=Location |
| 2 | **start** | past | YouTube |  |  | 2005 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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