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Test 5 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

A toy box shows a whole castle, but in small print it says «each sold separately». What does that mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: toy box, box, that · What happens: show, say, sell, mean · To what, where: whole castle, small print, each · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A toy box shows a whole castle, but in small print it says «each sold separately».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 box	det
2	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 box	compound
3	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	nsubj
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 castle	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 castle	amod
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 says	cc
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 print	case
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 print	amod
12	print	print	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	obl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shows	parataxis
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 sold	punct
16	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	17 sold	nsubj:pass
17	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 says	ccomp
18	separately	separately	ADV	_	17 sold	advmod
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 sold	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a toy box	a whole castle					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent castle=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	present	box			small print			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sell in a quote	participle · passive		each				separately property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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: What does that mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	that						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The box contains two toys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 box	det
2	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contains	nsubj
3	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 toys	nummod
5	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 contains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	the box	two toys					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot toy=Theme

Option 2

All the pieces in the picture are inside the box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 pieces	det:predet
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pieces	det
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 box	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 picture	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 picture	det
6	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pieces	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 box	cop
8	inside	inside	ADP	_	10 box	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 box	det
10	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all pieces in the picture			the box			tree rules

Option 3

The castle is free with the toy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 castle	det
2	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 free	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 free	cop
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 toy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toy	det
7	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the castle					with the toy; free property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The other pieces cost extra money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pieces	det
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pieces	amod
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cost	nsubj
4	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 money	amod
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	the other pieces	extra money					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value

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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