You could have said, "My friend sold a script this year that wasn't optioned first" seven exchanges ago

...Because that's not something I'd say. I told you it was a sale. If it was an option, I would've said that. If it was an option and they moved forward with the option, I would've said they "exercised the option." I've personally never heard someone call it an "option that turned into a sale." That might be something people say, but not my lawyer or my writing friends, although if an option gets exercised it's usually because the movie is going into production, so someone would be more likely to jump up and down and scream "My movie is in production!" than to talk about how the script technically got bought.

Also, studios typically don't option specs (they're more likely to option a book, a comic book, or an article) because they either want to buy it and make it or not. Producers might, in order to buy time for them to find a star or funding, but it's typically not for six figures, otherwise they would just buy the script outright.

So if I say I know someone who sold a spec to a major studio for six figures against six figures, I mean exactly that.

Like I said, optioned specs typically aren't covered in the trades (I think there are far more indie script options that are never reported) although some are when a producer is trying to drum up heat for the project to get funding or a star. When they are, the option is usually specified in the article, which should make your research pretty easy.

Anyway, I'm not sure why you're going out of you way to act like an asshole to me, as I'm the only one in this thread taking the time to answer your question, but this whole thread has been a reminder that trying to help people is a giant, futile time suck.