Test 14 · ★★ · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

free trial just needs mums card number, ok?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: free trial · What happens: need · To what, where: mums

This is test 14 · ★★ 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	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trial	amod
2	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 needs	advmod
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 needs	obj
6	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 number	compound
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mums	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 needs	punct
9	ok	ok	INTJ	_	4 needs	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	free trial	mums and card number					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mum=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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Ask a parent first, free trials often start charging

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parent	det
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Ask	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 start	punct
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trials	amod
7	trials	trial	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 start	nsubj
8	often	often	ADV	_	9 start	advmod
9	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	advcl
10	charging	charge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 start	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	a parent	first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	start	present	free trials		often property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	charge	gerund	free trials not said here			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, just copy the number, she'll never notice a free trial

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 copy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 copy	advmod
4	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 number	det
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 copy	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 notice	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 notice	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 notice	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 notice	advmod
11	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 copy	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 trial	det
13	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 trial	amod
14	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 notice	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	imperative	you not said here	the number					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme
2	not notice	future	she	a free trial					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer trial=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it's free so it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 free	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 free	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 free	cop
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 fine	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fine	expl
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 free	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					free property	tree rules
2	is	present						fine property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, if you cancel some day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 cancel	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cancel	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 cancel	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 cancel	nsubj
5	cancel	cancel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cancel	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel	present	you				day		tree rules

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