Exam question 3 · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

In respect of the small print «results may vary» or «not typical», select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: results, you · What happens: vary, select, establish, respect · To what, where: response, respect, small print

This is exam question 3 of lesson 281 «Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 select	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 print	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 print	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 print	amod
6	print	print	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 vary	punct
8	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 vary	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 vary	aux
10	vary	vary	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 print	appos
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 vary	punct
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 typical	cc
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 typical	punct
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 typical	advmod
15	typical	typical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 print	conj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 typical	punct
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
18	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 response	det
20	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 select	obj
21	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 response	amod
22	with	with	ADP	_	25 facts	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 facts	det
24	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 facts	amod
25	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 consistent	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	vary in a quote	may	results			vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	respect of the small print	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	respect			the small print		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

All persons are guaranteed to obtain the results shown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 persons	det
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 guaranteed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 guaranteed	aux:pass
4	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 obtain	mark
6	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 guaranteed	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 results	det
8	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 obtain	obj
9	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 results	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	guarantee	present · passive	all persons	vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	obtain	to-infinitive	the results	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset result=Theme
3	show	participle	the results not said here	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The product has since been withdrawn from sale entirely

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	6 withdrawn	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 withdrawn	aux
4	since	since	ADV	_	6 withdrawn	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 withdrawn	aux:pass
6	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 sale	case
8	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 withdrawn	obl
9	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 withdrawn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	present · perfect · passive		the product		sale		entirely, since property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from sale=Initial_Location

Option 3

The results shown are typical of every customer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 results	det
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 typical	nsubj
3	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 results	acl
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 typical	cop
5	typical	typical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 customer	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 customer	det
8	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 typical	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	participle		the results not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the results					of every customer; typical property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Most persons will not obtain the results shown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 persons	amod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 obtain	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 obtain	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 obtain	advmod
5	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 results	det
7	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 obtain	obj
8	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 obtain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not obtain	future	Most persons	the results					tree rules
2	show	participle	Most persons not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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