Test 4 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…
Big brother, as the adverts start: "Oi, they've cranked the volume again." Why are adverts often louder?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Big brother, adverts · What happens: start, crank, be · To what, where: volume
This is test 4 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Big brother, as the adverts start: "Oi, they've cranked the volume again."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 brother | amod |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 start | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 start | punct |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 start | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 adverts | det |
| 6 | adverts | advert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 start | nsubj |
| 7 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 cranked | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 cranked | punct |
| 10 | Oi | oi | INTJ | _ | 14 cranked | discourse |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Oi | punct |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 cranked | nsubj |
| 13 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 cranked | aux |
| 14 | cranked | crank | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 start | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 volume | det |
| 16 | volume | volume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cranked | obj |
| 17 | again | again | ADV | _ | 14 cranked | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 start | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 start | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | Big brother | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | crank in a quote | present · perfect | adverts = advert | the volume | again | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: Why are adverts often louder?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 louder | advmod |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 louder | cop |
| 3 | adverts | advert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 louder | nsubj |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 louder | advmod |
| 5 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 louder | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | adverts | loud, often property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
To grab your attention so you notice the product
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 grab | mark |
| 2 | grab | grab | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 notice | advcl |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 attention | nmod:poss |
| 4 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grab | obj |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 notice | advmod |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 notice | nsubj |
| 7 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 product | det |
| 9 | product | product | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 notice | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | to-infinitive | you not said here | your attention | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Theme | ||||
| 2 | notice | present | you | the product | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer product=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | attend | your | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Because the adverts are filmed outdoors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 filmed | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 adverts | det |
| 3 | adverts | advert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 filmed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 filmed | aux:pass |
| 5 | filmed | film | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | outdoors | outdoors | ADV | _ | 5 filmed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | film | present · passive | the adverts | outdoors property | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Because the TV turns itself up at night to wake you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 turns | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 TV | det |
| 3 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | nsubj |
| 4 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 turns | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 turns | compound:prt |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 wake | mark |
| 10 | wake | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 turns | advcl |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 wake | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn up | present | the TV | TV | night | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location itself=Theme | |||
| 2 | wake | to-infinitive | the TV not said here | you | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
Option 4
Because the programme ran out of sound
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 ran | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 programme | det |
| 3 | programme | programme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 sound | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sound | case |
| 7 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | the programme | sound | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out sound=Trajectory |
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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