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title: Her aunt, a nurse: "Millions of views means millions of people watch… — "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Her aunt, a nurse: "Millions of views means millions of people watched it. Not that it works, darling." What would a doctor say about toothpaste on spots? Test 7 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 tr
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# Test 7 · "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section

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Her aunt, a nurse: "Millions of views means millions of people watched it. Not that it works, darling." What would a doctor say about toothpaste on spots?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** aunt, millions, nurse, doctor · **What happens:** mean, watch, not work, say · **To what, where:** nurse, darling, spots · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Her aunt, a nurse: "Millions of views means millions of people watched it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t7:1
# text = Her aunt, a nurse: "Millions of views means millions of people watched it.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Her aunt and a nurse and Millions of views |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **watch** *in a quote* | past | millions of people | nurse |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Not that it works, darling."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t7:2
# text = Not that it works, darling."
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	darling	darling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **work** | present | nurse | darling |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What would a doctor say about toothpaste on spots?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t7:3
# text = What would a doctor say about toothpaste on spots?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a doctor |  |  | spots |  | about toothpaste | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It's fine on any skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t7:o1:1
# text = It's fine on any skin
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It can irritate skin and isn't recommended

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t7:o2:1
# text = It can irritate skin and isn't recommended
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	irritate	irritate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **irritate** | can | It | skin |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus skin=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **recommend** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It works best overnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t7:o3:1
# text = It works best overnight
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	_
4	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  | overnight, well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's better than any cream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:t7:o4:1
# text = It's better than any cream
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | than any cream; good *property* | tree rules |

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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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