Test 22 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

an advert says "buy this perfume and he'll fall in love with you instantly". true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: advert · What happens: say, buy, fall · To what, where: perfume, love · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 advert	det
2	advert	advert	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 buy	punct
5	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 perfume	det
7	perfume	perfume	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buy	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fall	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fall	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fall	aux
11	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 buy	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 love	case
13	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fall	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 you	case
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 fall	obl
16	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	11 fall	advmod
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 buy	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 true	punct
19	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a advert				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	buy in a quote	infinitive		this perfume			vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perfume=Theme
3	fall in a quote	future	advert		love	with you; instantly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location

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

Yes, but only on Valentine's Day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 Day	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 Day	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 Day	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 Day	case
6	Valentine	Valentine	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Day	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Valentine	case
8	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No; adverts exaggerate, a smell can't make someone love you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 exaggerate	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 exaggerate	punct
3	adverts	advert	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 exaggerate	nsubj
4	exaggerate	exaggerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 make	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 smell	det
7	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	nsubj
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 make	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 make	advmod
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 exaggerate	parataxis
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 make	obj
12	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 make	xcomp
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	exaggerate	present	adverts		tree rules
2	not make	can	a smell	someone	tree rules
3	not love	infinitive	someone not said here	you	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, adverts always have to tell the truth, so it must work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	adverts	advert	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 tell	mark
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 have	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 truth	det
9	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 work	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 work	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 work	nsubj
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 work	aux
14	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 have	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	adverts		always property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	adverts not said here	the truth		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
3	work	must	truth			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, if you buy two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 buy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 buy	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 buy	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 buy	nsubj
5	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	present	you	two					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme

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