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Test 18 · ★★ · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

my cousin says a girl "won an iPhone" from a random text and her mum "lost thousands". what's the bit to doubt

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, girl · What happens: say, win, lose, be, doubt · To what, where: iPhone, random text, bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ 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

nmod:possnsubjdetnsubjpunctccompdetobjpunctcasedetamodoblccnmod:possconjpunctamodobjpunctpunctnsubjcopdetccompmarkaclrootmyPRONcousinNOUNsaysVERBaDETgirlNOUN"PUNCTwonVERBanDETiPhoneNOUN"PUNCTfromADPaDETrandomADJtextNOUNandCCONJherPRONmumNOUN"PUNCTlostVERBthousandsNOUN"PUNCT.PUNCTwhatPRON'sAUXtheDETbitNOUNtoPARTdoubtVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 cousinnmod:poss
2cousincousinNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 girldet
5girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing7 wonnsubj
6""PUNCT_7 wonpunct
7wonwinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 saysccomp
8anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 iPhonedet
9iPhoneiphoneNOUNNumber=Sing7 wonobj
10""PUNCT_9 iPhonepunct
11fromfromADP_14 textcase
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 textdet
13randomrandomADJDegree=Pos14 textamod
14texttextNOUNNumber=Sing7 wonobl
15andandCCONJ_17 mumcc
16herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 mumnmod:poss
17mummumNOUNNumber=Sing14 textconj
18""PUNCT_19 lostpunct
19lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 thousandsamod
20thousandsthousandNOUNNumber=Plur7 wonobj
21""PUNCT_7 wonpunct
22..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
23whatwhatPRONPronType=Int26 bitnsubj
24'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin26 bitcop
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 bitdet
26bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysccomp
27totoPART_28 doubtmark
28doubtdoubtVERBVerbForm=Inf26 bitacl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentmy cousinvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2win in a quotepasta girla iPhonea random text and girl's mumvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent iphone=Beneficiary thousand=Theme
3lose in a quoteparticiplevn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4is apresentthe bittree rules
5doubtto-infinitivemy cousin not said herevn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

That scams can take money

detnsubjauxobjrootThatDETscamsNOUNcanAUXtakeVERBmoneyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 scamsdet
2scamsscamNOUNNumber=Plur4 takensubj
3cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 takeaux
4taketakeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing4 takeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takecanthat scamsmoneyvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That she won anything; you can't win a contest you never entered

nsubjnsubjobjpunctnsubjauxadvmodconjdetobjnsubjadvmodacl:relclrootThatPRONshePRONwonVERBanythingPRON;PUNCTyouPRONcaAUXn'tPARTwinVERBaDETcontestNOUNyouPRONneverADVenteredVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 wonnsubj
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 wonnsubj
3wonwinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind3 wonobj
5;;PUNCT_9 winpunct
6youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 winnsubj
7cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin9 winaux
8n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg9 winadvmod
9winwinVERBVerbForm=Inf3 wonconj
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 contestdet
11contestcontestNOUNNumber=Sing9 winobj
12youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs14 enterednsubj
13neverneverADVPronType=Neg14 enteredadvmod
14enteredenterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 contestacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1winpastThatanythingvn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
2not wincanyoua contestvn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Eventuality
3not enterpastyoua contest not said herevn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme contest=Destination

Option 3

That texts can be scams, that's the bit that sounds made up

detnsubjauxcoppunctnsubjcopdetapposnsubjacl:relclxcompcompound:prtrootThatDETtextsNOUNcanAUXbeAUXscamsNOUN,PUNCTthatPRON'sAUXtheDETbitNOUNthatPRONsoundsVERBmadeVERBupADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 textsdet
2textstextNOUNNumber=Plur5 scamsnsubj
3cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 scamsaux
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf5 scamscop
5scamsscamNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
6,,PUNCT_10 bitpunct
7thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem10 bitnsubj
8'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 bitcop
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 bitdet
10bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing5 scamsappos
11thatthatPRONPronType=Rel12 soundsnsubj
12soundssoundVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 bitacl:relcl
13mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass12 soundsxcomp
14upupADP_13 madecompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is acanthat textsscamstree rules
2is apresentthatthe bittree rules
3soundpresentthe bittree rules
4make upparticiplethe bit not said herevn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

That phones get messages

detnsubjobjrootThatDETphonesNOUNgetVERBmessagesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 phonesdet
2phonesphoneNOUNNumber=Plur3 getnsubj
3getgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4messagesmessageNOUNNumber=Plur3 getobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpresentthat phonesmessagesvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer message=Stimulus

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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