Exam question 4 · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true
It is given that a message announces that the recipient has won a contest never entered. State the correct interpretation.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: message, recipient, contest · What happens: give, announce, win, not enter · To what, where: It · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a message announces that the recipient has won a contest never entered.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 announces | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 message | det |
| 6 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 announces | nsubj |
| 7 | announces | announce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 won | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 recipient | det |
| 10 | recipient | recipient | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 won | nsubj |
| 11 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 won | aux |
| 12 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 announces | ccomp |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 contest | det |
| 14 | contest | contest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 entered | nsubj |
| 15 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 16 entered | advmod |
| 16 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 won | advcl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | announce speech: other | present | a message | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | win | present · perfect | the recipient | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not enter | past | a contest | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=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: State the correct interpretation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 interpretation | det |
| 3 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 interpretation | amod |
| 4 | interpretation | interpretation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | nmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is an official notice requiring a prompt reply
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 notice | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 notice | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 notice | det |
| 4 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 notice | amod |
| 5 | notice | notice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | requiring | require | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 notice | acl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 reply | det |
| 8 | prompt | prompt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 reply | amod |
| 9 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 requiring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a official notice | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | require | gerund | a official notice not said here | a prompt reply | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reply=Precondition |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is a trick to obtain information or money
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 | 4 trick | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trick | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 trick | det |
| 4 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 obtain | mark |
| 6 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trick | acl |
| 7 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 obtain | obj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 money | cc |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 information | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a trick | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | obtain | to-infinitive | information or money | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset information=Theme |
Option 3
It is a reward for loyal customers
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 | 4 reward | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reward | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 reward | det |
| 4 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 customers | case |
| 6 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 customers | amod |
| 7 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 reward | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a reward | for loyal customers | tree rules |
Option 4
It is a genuine prize awarded at random
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 prize | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 prize | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 prize | det |
| 4 | genuine | genuine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 prize | amod |
| 5 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | awarded | award | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 prize | acl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 random | case |
| 8 | random | random | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 awarded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a genuine prize | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | award | participle | a genuine prize not said here | random | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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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