Test 11 · ★★ · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

msg says i won a ipad but i never entered anything

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: msg, i · What happens: say, win, not enter · To what, where: ipad, anything · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 281 «Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	msg	msg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 won	nsubj
4	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ipad	det
6	ipad	iPad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 won	obj
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 entered	cc
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 entered	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 entered	advmod
10	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
11	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 entered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	msg		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	win	past	i	a ipad	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ipad=Eventuality
3	not enter	past	i	anything	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme anything=Destination

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

Click the link quick before it ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Click	click	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 link	det
3	link	link	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Click	obj
4	quick	quick	ADV	_	1 Click	advmod
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 ends	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ends	nsubj
7	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Click	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	click	imperative	you not said here	the link				quick property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location link=Theme
2	end	present	link						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

Lucky you, reply with your address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lucky	Lucky	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 reply	nsubj
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Lucky	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lucky	punct
4	reply	reply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 address	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 address	nmod:poss
7	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	infinitive	Lucky					with your address	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with address=Eventuality
2	address		your						nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It's a trick, you can't win a contest you 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	4 trick	nsubj
2	's	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	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 trick	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 win	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 win	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 win	advmod
9	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 trick	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 contest	det
11	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 win	obj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 entered	nsubj
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 entered	advmod
14	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 contest	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a trick	tree rules
2	not win	can	you	a contest	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Eventuality
3	not enter	past	you	a contest not said here	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme contest=Destination

Option 4

Ask them to send it to school instead of to your home address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 send	mark
4	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 send	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 send	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	13 address	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 address	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 address	nmod:poss
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 address	compound
13	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 send	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		them = they			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	send not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it		school	instead your home address	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to school=Destination
3	address		your					nom address «communication transitive»: poss=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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