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Test 8 · ★★ · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

A man at the park says he knows a way for kids to get rich in a week. What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: say, know, get, be · To what, where: way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A man at the park says he knows a way for kids to get rich in a week.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 park	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 park	det
5	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knows	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 kids	case
12	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 way	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 get	mark
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 way	acl
15	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 get	xcomp
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 week	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 week	det
18	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rich	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a man at the park						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	know	present	man	a way				for kids	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus
3	get	to-infinitive	man not said here	a way not said here				rich property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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: What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Listen carefully, give him your address and bring some money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	1 Listen	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 give	punct
4	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Listen	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 give	iobj
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 address	nmod:poss
7	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bring	cc
9	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Listen	conj
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 money	det
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	imperative	you not said here					carefully property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	give	infinitive	you not said here	your address	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient address=Theme
3	bring	infinitive	you not said here	some money					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent money=Theme
4	address		your						nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Ask him to show you somewhere private

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 show	mark
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 show	iobj
6	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 private	advmod
7	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 show	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	show not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		you			private property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Walk away and tell an adult; real money takes real work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 takes	punct
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 money	amod
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 takes	nsubj
10	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	advcl
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 work	amod
12	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 takes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk away	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	take	present	real money	real work					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme

Option 4

Bring your piggy bank tomorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bank	nmod:poss
3	piggy	piggy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bank	compound
4	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bring	obj
5	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bring	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	imperative	you not said here	your piggy bank			tomorrow		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bank=Theme

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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