Test 13 · ★★ · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

burger in the ad is massive, mine's tiny n squashed. why

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: burger · What happens: be, squash · To what, where: mine

This is test 13 · ★★ 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	burger	burger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 massive	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 ad	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ad	det
4	ad	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 burger	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 massive	cop
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 squashed	punct
8	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 squashed	nsubj:pass
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 squashed	aux
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 squashed	nsubj:pass
11	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 squashed	nsubj:pass
12	squashed	squash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 massive	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 massive	punct
14	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 massive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	burger in the ad					massive property	tree rules
2	squash	present · passive		mine					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer

Ad food is styled and shot to look perfect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ad	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 food	compound
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 styled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 styled	aux:pass
4	styled	style	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shot	cc
6	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 styled	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 look	mark
8	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 shot	xcomp
9	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	style	present · passive	Ad food		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	shoot	participle			tree rules
3	look	to-infinitive		perfect property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Burgers shrink a lot in the minutes after they are made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burgers	burger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shrink	nsubj
2	shrink	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lot	det
4	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shrink	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 minutes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 minutes	det
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shrink	obl
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 made	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 made	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 made	aux:pass
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 shrink	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	present	Burgers	a lot			minute		vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lot=Patient
2	make	present · passive		Burgers = burger					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

The ad shows the real size of every single burger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ad	det
2	ad	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 size	det
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 size	amod
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 burger	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 burger	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 burger	amod
10	burger	burger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 size	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the ad	the real size of every single burger					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent size=Recipient

Option 4

They gave you the wrong burger by mistake today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 burger	det
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 burger	amod
6	burger	burger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 mistake	case
8	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
9	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	They	the wrong burger	you		today	by mistake	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient burger=Theme

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