Exam question 4 · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet
State the significance of the notation «#ad» or «paid partnership» upon a post by an influencer.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, pay · To what, where: significance · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 4 of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 significance | det |
| 3 | significance | significance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 notation | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 notation | det |
| 6 | notation | notation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 significance | nmod |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 ad | punct |
| 8 | # | # | SYM | Number=Sing | 9 ad | compound |
| 9 | ad | ad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 notation | conj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 ad | punct |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 partnership | cc |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 partnership | punct |
| 13 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 partnership | amod |
| 14 | partnership | partnership | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ad | conj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 partnership | punct |
| 16 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 18 post | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 post | det |
| 18 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 partnership | obl |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 influencer | case |
| 20 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 influencer | det |
| 21 | influencer | influencer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 post | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the significance of the notation and # ad or paid partnership | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent significance=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pay in a quote | participle | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The influencer has been paid to praise the product
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 influencer | det |
| 2 | influencer | influencer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 paid | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 paid | aux:pass |
| 5 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 praise | mark |
| 7 | praise | praise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 paid | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 product | det |
| 9 | product | product | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 praise | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present · perfect · passive | the influencer | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | praise | to-infinitive | the product | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent product=Theme |
Option 2
The influencer purchased the product personally, with his own funds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 influencer | det |
| 2 | influencer | influencer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 purchased | nsubj |
| 3 | purchased | purchase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 product | det |
| 5 | product | product | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 purchased | obj |
| 6 | personally | personally | ADV | _ | 3 purchased | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 funds | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 funds | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 funds | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 funds | amod |
| 11 | funds | fund | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 purchased | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purchase | past | the influencer | the product | with influencer's own funds; personally property | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset product=Theme | |||
| 2 | fund | influencer | nom fund «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
The product is distributed free of charge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 product | det |
| 2 | product | product | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 distributed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 distributed | aux:pass |
| 4 | distributed | distribute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 distributed | xcomp |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 charge | case |
| 7 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 free | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | distribute | present · passive | the product | free property | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
The product has been tested by scientists
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 product | det |
| 2 | product | product | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tested | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tested | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 tested | aux:pass |
| 5 | tested | test | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 scientists | case |
| 7 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tested | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | present · perfect · passive | scientists | the product | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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