Test 12 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

ad says batteries not included, so what

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ad · What happens: say, not include · To what, where: batteries · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» of the everyday 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ad	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	obj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 included	advmod
5	included	include	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 batteries	acl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 what	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 what	advmod
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 says	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	ad	batteries					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent battery=Topic
2	not include	participle		batteries not said here					vn involve-107.1 «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

The toy runs fine without any batteries at all, don't worry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 toy	det
2	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 runs	nsubj
3	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 runs	xcomp
5	without	without	ADP	_	7 batteries	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 batteries	det
7	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 runs	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 batteries	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 worry	punct
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 worry	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 worry	advmod
13	worry	worry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 runs	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	the toy					without any batteries at all; fine property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not worry	infinitive · do-support							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The batteries come in a later post

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 batteries	det
2	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 post	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 post	det
6	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 post	amod
7	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	the batteries			a later post			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in post=Location

Option 3

The shop will give you them free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 give	aux
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 give	iobj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 give	iobj
7	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 give	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	future	the shop		them = they			free property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You'll have to buy batteries too, it costs more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 have	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 buy	mark
5	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	xcomp
6	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 buy	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	5 buy	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 costs	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 costs	nsubj
10	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 have	parataxis
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 costs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	future	You		tree rules
2	buy	to-infinitive	You not said here	batteries	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Theme
3	cost	present	it	more	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value

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