Test 6 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet
A gamer you watch says a headset is amazing, and the video says «paid partnership». What does it tell you?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, gamer, headset, video · What happens: watch, say, be, pay, tell · To what, where: gamer, paid partnership, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 gamer you watch says a headset is amazing, and the video says «paid partnership».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gamer | det |
| 2 | gamer | gamer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 watch | nsubj |
| 4 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 gamer | acl:relcl |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 headset | det |
| 7 | headset | headset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 amazing | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 amazing | cop |
| 9 | amazing | amazing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 says | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 says | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 says | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 video | det |
| 13 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 says | nsubj |
| 14 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | conj |
| 15 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 partnership | punct |
| 16 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 partnership | amod |
| 17 | partnership | partnership | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 says | obj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 partnership | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | present | you | a gamer not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gamer=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a gamer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | a headset | amazing property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | present | the video | paid partnership | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent partnership=Topic | ||||
| 5 | 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.
Sentence 2: What does it tell you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | headset | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The company paid him to talk about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 company | det |
| 2 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 paid | nsubj |
| 3 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 paid | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 talk | mark |
| 6 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 paid | advcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | past | the company | him = he | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset | ||||
| 2 | talk | to-infinitive | the company not said here | about company | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
Option 2
It is the best headset in the world, tested by gamers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 headset | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 headset | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 headset | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 headset | amod |
| 5 | headset | headset | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 world | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 world | det |
| 8 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 headset | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 tested | punct |
| 10 | tested | test | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 headset | conj |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 gamers | case |
| 12 | gamers | gamer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 tested | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the best headset | the world | tree rules | |||
| 2 | test | participle | by gamers | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The video is fake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 video | det |
| 2 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fake | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fake | cop |
| 4 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the video | fake property | tree rules |
Option 4
He bought it with his own money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bought | nsubj |
| 2 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bought | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 money | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 money | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 money | amod |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | past | He | it | with his own money | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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