Test 14 · ★★ · Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and to…

my cousin says his mate's influencer "really uses that cream every day, it's not an ad". what's likely

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, influencer · What happens: say, use, not be, be · To what, where: cream, ad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 334 «Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and too-good-to-be-true offers» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mate	nmod:poss
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 influencer	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 mate	case
7	influencer	influencer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 uses	nsubj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 influencer	punct
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 uses	advmod
10	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 cream	det
12	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 uses	obj
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 uses	obl:unmarked
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 ad	punct
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 ad	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 ad	cop
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 ad	advmod
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 ad	det
20	ad	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 uses	obl
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 ad	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 likely	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 likely	cop
25	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	use in a quote	present	cousin's mate's influencer	that cream	day		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Patient
3	not is a in a quote	present	influencer	a ad			tree rules
4	is	present				likely 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

Influencers never take money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Influencers	influencer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 take	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 take	advmod
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take	present	Influencers	money					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme

Option 2

Everything influencers say is tested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 tested	nsubj:pass
2	influencers	influencer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Everything	acl:relcl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tested	aux:pass
5	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	influencers						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	test	present · passive		Everything					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Influencers are often paid; look for #ad or «sponsored»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Influencers	influencer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 paid	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 paid	aux:pass
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 paid	advmod
4	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 look	punct
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 paid	parataxis
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 ad	case
8	#	#	SYM	Number=Sing	9 ad	compound
9	ad	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 look	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 sponsored	cc
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 sponsored	punct
12	sponsored	sponsor	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ad	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive	Influencers	often property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	look	infinitive		for # ad	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for ad=Theme
3	sponsor in a quote	participle			vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent

Option 4

If they smile and use it on camera, it's not an ad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 smile	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 smile	nsubj
3	smile	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 ad	advcl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 use	cc
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 smile	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 use	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 camera	case
8	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 smile	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ad	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 ad	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 ad	advmod
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 ad	det
14	ad	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	smile a condition, not said to happen	present	they			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	use	present	they not said here	it	camera	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	not is a	present	camera	a ad		tree rules

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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