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title: Ruby's brother: "Everybody's uncle works at Nintendo in the comments… — "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby's brother: "Everybody's uncle works at Nintendo in the comments. Nintendo must be massive." What is he mocking? Test 2 of lesson 175 «"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 2 · "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section

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Ruby's brother: "Everybody's uncle works at Nintendo in the comments. Nintendo must be massive." What is he mocking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, Nintendo · **What happens:** work, be, mock · **To what, where:** brother, Nintendo

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This is test 2 of lesson 175 «"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section» 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/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby's brother: "Everybody's uncle works at Nintendo in the comments.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t2:1
# text = Ruby's brother: "Everybody's uncle works at Nintendo in the comments.
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Nintendo	Nintendo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	comments	comment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** *in a quote* | present | Everybody's uncle | Ruby's brother *not said here* |  | Nintendo |  | in the comments | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent brother=Material |

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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:* Nintendo must be massive."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t2:2
# text = Nintendo must be massive."
1	Nintendo	Nintendo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | Nintendo |  |  |  |  | massive *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is he mocking?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t2:3
# text = What is he mocking?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | present · progressive | Nintendo |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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People who have uncles with jobs in games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t2:o1:1
# text = People who have uncles with jobs in games
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | People | uncles |  | games |  | with jobs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uncle=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nintendo, for being such a big company

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t2:o2:1
# text = Nintendo, for being such a big company
1	Nintendo	Nintendo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
5	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for such big company | tree rules |

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

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That a comment like that is proof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t2:o3:1
# text = That a comment like that is proof
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	comment	comment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	proof	proof	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that comment like that |  |  |  |  | proof *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Ruby, for reading the comments at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t2:o4:1
# text = Ruby, for reading the comments at all
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	comments	comment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund | Ruby *not said here* | the comments |  | all |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent comment=Theme at all=Value |

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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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