Test 7 · ★ · The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines

★ «8 out of 10» is a real number, not hyperbole. Why can it still mislead you?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, number · What happens: be, mislead · To what, where: real number, you

This is test 7 · ★ 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: ★ «8 out of 10» is a real number, not hyperbole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 number	nsubj
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 8	punct
3	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 ★	appos
4	out	out	ADP	_	6 10	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 10	case
6	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 8	nmod
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 number	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 number	det
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 number	amod
11	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hyperbole	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 hyperbole	advmod
14	hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 number	parataxis
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 number	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	★	a real number					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: Why can it still mislead you?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 mislead	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 mislead	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mislead	nsubj
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 mislead	advmod
5	mislead	mislead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 mislead	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mislead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mislead	can	number	you			still		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient

The options

Option 1

Cats cannot be asked what they like

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 asked	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 asked	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 asked	aux:pass
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 like	obj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 like	nsubj
8	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	can · passive		Cats					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	like	present	Cats = cat						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 2

Real numbers can never mislead anyone, so it cannot mislead you at all

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 numbers	amod
2	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mislead	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 mislead	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 mislead	advmod
5	mislead	mislead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 mislead	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mislead	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 mislead	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 mislead	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 mislead	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 mislead	advmod
12	mislead	mislead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 mislead	conj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 mislead	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 mislead	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mislead	can	Real numbers	anyone					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient
2	not mislead	can	it	you		all			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient

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

The company may have asked only a few owners that it chose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 company	det
2	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 asked	aux
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 owners	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 owners	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 owners	amod
9	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 asked	obl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 chose	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 chose	nsubj
12	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	may · perfect · passive		the company				a few owners obl	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	choose	past	company						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Eight is not really a number

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 number	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 number	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 number	advmod
4	really	really	ADV	_	6 number	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 number	det
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	Eight	a number					tree rules

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