Test 4 · ★ · The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines

«Mum, it says up to 70% off so my £20 game will be really cheap!» What is the problem?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, £ game, problem · What happens: say up, be

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 47 «The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines» of the language 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: «Mum, it says up to 70% off so my £20 game will be really cheap!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Mum	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 says	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 %	case
8	70	70	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 %	nummod
9	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	5 says	obl
10	off	off	ADV	_	19 cheap	advmod
11	so	so	SCONJ	_	19 cheap	mark
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 game	nmod:poss
13	£	£	SYM	_	15 game	compound
14	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 £	nummod
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cheap	nsubj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 cheap	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 cheap	cop
18	really	really	ADV	_	19 cheap	advmod
19	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
20	!	!	PUNCT	_	19 cheap	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say up speech: assert in a quote	present	Mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to %=Recipient
2	is in a quote	future	my £ game					cheap, off 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.

Sentence 2: What is the problem?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 problem	det
4	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the problem						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Sale signs are always against the law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signs	compound
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 law	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 law	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 law	advmod
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 law	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 law	det
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sale signs					against the law; always property	tree rules

Option 2

The game will now cost £70 instead of the £20 it cost before

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cost	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cost	aux
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 cost	advmod
5	cost	cost	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	£	£	SYM	_	5 cost	obj
7	70	70	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 £	nummod
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	14 cost	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cost	det
11	£	£	SYM	_	14 cost	compound
12	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 £	nummod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 cost	nsubj
14	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cost	obl
15	before	before	ADV	_	5 cost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	future	the game				now	instead the £ cost; before property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme £=Value

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

«Up to» means only a few things have that much off; check the game's tag

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Up	punct
2	Up	up	ADV	_	5 means	nsubj
3	to	to	ADP	_	2 Up	fixed
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Up	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	10 have	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 things	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 things	amod
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 have	nsubj
10	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	ccomp
11	that	that	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
12	much	much	ADV	_	13 off	advmod
13	off	off	ADV	_	10 have	advmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 check	punct
15	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 game	det
17	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tag	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 game	case
19	tag	tag	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	a few things		off property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	check	infinitive		the game's tag		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tag=Theme
4	tag		the game			nom tag «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Nothing, because every single thing in the shop is cheaper by exactly the same amount

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cheaper	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 cheaper	mark
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 thing	det
5	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cheaper	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 shop	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shop	det
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thing	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cheaper	cop
11	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Nothing	amod
12	by	by	ADP	_	16 amount	case
13	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	16 amount	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 amount	det
15	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 amount	amod
16	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cheaper	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	every single thing in the shop					by the same amount; cheap property	tree rules

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