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Exam question 4 · The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines

It is asserted that «8 out of 10 owners» preferred a certain cat food. Ascertain which question is most pertinent in evaluating the claim.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: 8 owners, you, question · What happens: assert, prefer, ascertain, be, evaluate · To what, where: It, certain cat food, claim

This is exam question 4 of lesson 47 «The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines» of the language 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

Sentence 1: It is asserted that «8 out of 10 owners» preferred a certain cat food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asserted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asserted	aux:pass
3	asserted	assert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 preferred	mark
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 8	punct
6	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 owners	nummod
7	out	out	ADP	_	9 10	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 10	case
9	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 8	nmod
10	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 preferred	nsubj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 owners	punct
12	preferred	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asserted	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 food	det
14	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 food	amod
15	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 food	compound
16	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 preferred	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asserted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assert	present · passive		It					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	prefer	past	8 owners	a certain cat food					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus

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: Ascertain which question is most pertinent in evaluating the claim.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 question	det
3	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pertinent	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pertinent	cop
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 pertinent	advmod
6	pertinent	pertinent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	ccomp
7	in	in	SCONJ	_	8 evaluating	mark
8	evaluating	evaluate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 pertinent	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 claim	det
10	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 evaluating	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which question					pertinent property	tree rules
3	evaluate	gerund	which question not said here	the claim					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

How many owners were consulted, and by whom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 owners	amod
3	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consulted	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consulted	aux:pass
5	consulted	consult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 whom	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 whom	cc
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 whom	case
9	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 consulted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult	past · passive		many owners					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Whether the claim is printed in capital letters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	5 printed	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 claim	det
3	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 printed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 printed	aux:pass
5	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 letters	case
7	capital	capital	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 letters	amod
8	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 printed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	present · passive		the claim		capital letters			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in letter=Destination

Option 3

Whether the remaining owners possess cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	5 possess	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 owners	det
3	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 owners	amod
4	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 possess	nsubj
5	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 possess	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	possess	present	the remaining owners	cats					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cat=Theme

Option 4

Whether eight is a greater number than ten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	2 eight	mark
2	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 number	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 number	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 number	det
5	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 number	amod
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 ten	case
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 number	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	eight	a greater number				than ten	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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