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Test 8 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

A shop's poster says «Everything up to 50% off!» and your jumper is only 10% off. Was the poster lying?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: poster, shop · What happens: say up, post, lie · To what, where: Everything

This is test 8 · ★ 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 shop's poster says «Everything up to 50% off!» and your jumper is only 10% off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poster	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 shop	case
4	poster	poster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 Everything	punct
7	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 says	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	5 says	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 %	case
10	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 %	nummod
11	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	5 says	obl
12	off	off	ADV	_	11 %	advmod
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 %	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 %	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 %	cc
16	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 jumper	nmod:poss
17	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 %	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 %	cop
19	only	only	ADV	_	21 %	advmod
20	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	21 %	nummod
21	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	11 %	conj
22	off	off	ADV	_	21 %	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say up speech: assert	present	a shop's poster	Everything					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Topic to %=Recipient
2	post		a shop						nom poster «communication transitive»: poss=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: Was the poster lying?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lying	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 poster	det
3	poster	poster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lying	nsubj
4	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 lying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past · progressive	the poster						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, posters must show the smallest discount

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 show	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	posters	poster	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 show	aux
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 discount	det
7	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 discount	amod
8	discount	discount	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	must	posters	the smallest discount					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent discount=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, «up to» means only some items have the biggest cut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
4	up	up	ADV	_	7 means	nsubj
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 up	fixed
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 items	advmod
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 items	det
10	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 have	nsubj
11	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 means	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cut	det
13	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 cut	amod
14	cut	cut	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	some items	the biggest cut					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cut=Patient

Option 3

No, because jumpers never count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 count	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 count	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 count	mark
4	jumpers	jumper	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 count	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 count	advmod
6	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not count	present	jumpers						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, every single item in the shop should be 50% off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	12 %	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 item	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 item	amod
5	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 %	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 shop	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shop	det
8	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 item	nmod
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 %	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 %	cop
11	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 %	nummod
12	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	root	root
13	off	off	ADV	_	12 %	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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