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title: Tyler: "Back in your day you didn't have the internet, Grandpa." Wha… — "Because I said so" and other dead-end… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tyler: "Back in your day you didn't have the internet, Grandpa." What point is he making? Test 3 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» 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 
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# Test 3 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

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Tyler: "Back in your day you didn't have the internet, Grandpa." What point is he making?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tyler, point · **What happens:** not have, make · **To what, where:** internet

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This is test 3 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» 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/163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tyler: "Back in your day you didn't have the internet, Grandpa."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t3:1
# text = Tyler: "Back in your day you didn't have the internet, Grandpa."
1	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Tyler | the internet |  |  | day | Grandpa *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent internet=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:* What point is he making?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t3:2
# text = What point is he making?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · progressive | point |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset what=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The old way is not automatically the right way now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t3:o1:1
# text = The old way is not automatically the right way now
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
6	automatically	automatically	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | the old way | the right way |  |  | now | automatically *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The internet is a good reason not to eat your peas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t3:o2:1
# text = The internet is a good reason not to eat your peas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the internet | a good reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | to-infinitive |  | your peas |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pea=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Grandpa is far too old to understand anything at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t3:o3:1
# text = Grandpa is far too old to understand anything at all
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Grandpa |  |  |  |  | far, old *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **understand** | to-infinitive | Grandpa *not said here* | anything |  | all |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Peas were only invented after the internet came along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t3:o4:1
# text = Peas were only invented after the internet came along
1	Peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	along	along	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past · passive |  | Peas |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **come along** | past | the internet |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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