Exam question 1 · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises product placement?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: product placement

This is exam question 1 of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 placement	compound
10	placement	placement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		product placement				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A display of goods upon supermarket shelves, arranged so that they catch the eye

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 display	det
2	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 arranged	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 goods	case
4	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 display	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 shelves	case
6	supermarket	supermarket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shelves	compound
7	shelves	shelf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 goods	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 arranged	punct
9	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 catch	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 catch	nsubj
13	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 arranged	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 eye	det
15	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	arrange	participle · passive		a display of goods upon supermarket shelves	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product
2	catch	present	shelves = shelf	the eye	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
3	display			goods upon supermarket shelves	nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Payment for products to appear in films or shows, which is hidden advertising

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 products	case
3	products	product	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Payment	nmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 appear	mark
5	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Payment	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 films	case
7	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 appear	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 shows	cc
9	shows	show	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 films	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 advertising	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 advertising	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 advertising	cop
13	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 advertising	amod
14	advertising	advertising	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Payment	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	appear	to-infinitive			films or shows	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location
2	hide	participle				vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	Payment for products and hidden advertising	hidden advertising		tree rules

Option 3

The delivery of a product to one's home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 delivery	det
2	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 product	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 product	det
5	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delivery	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 home	case
7	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 home	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 one	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delivery	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver			a product				to one's home	nom delivery «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 4

A competition to design a product

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 competition	det
2	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 design	mark
4	design	design	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 competition	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 product	det
6	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 design	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	design	to-infinitive		a product					vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent product=Result

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