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Test 9 · ★ · The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines

★ The opposite mistake: «headlines always shout, so I'll ignore the red weather warning». Why is this wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: headlines, I, this · What happens: shout, ignore, be · To what, where: red weather warning

This is test 9 · ★ 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: ★ The opposite mistake: «headlines always shout, so I'll ignore the red weather warning».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mistake	nsubj
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mistake	det
3	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mistake	amod
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 shout	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 shout	punct
7	headlines	headline	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 shout	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 shout	advmod
9	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mistake	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ignore	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 ignore	advmod
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 ignore	nsubj
13	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 ignore	aux
14	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 shout	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 warning	det
16	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 warning	amod
17	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 warning	compound
18	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ignore	obj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 ignore	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mistake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express in a quote	present	headlines					always property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ignore in a quote	future	I	the red weather warning					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme

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 is this wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 wrong	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 wrong	nsubj
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this					wrong property	tree rules

The options

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

A red warning is measured and calm, and it means real danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 warning	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 warning	amod
3	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 measured	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 measured	aux:pass
5	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 calm	cc
7	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 measured	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 means	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 means	nsubj
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 measured	parataxis
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 danger	amod
13	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present · passive		a red warning					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
2	mean	present	warning	real danger					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Topic

Option 2

Red warnings are a kind of headline hyperbole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 warnings	amod
2	warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kind	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kind	det
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 hyperbole	case
7	headline	headline	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hyperbole	compound
8	hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Red warnings	a kind				of headline hyperbole	tree rules

Option 3

The weather service always exaggerates storms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 service	det
2	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 service	compound
3	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exaggerates	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 exaggerates	advmod
5	exaggerates	exaggerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exaggerates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exaggerate	present	the weather service	storms				always property	tree rules

Option 4

Red warnings are only made up for the newspapers to sell more papers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 warnings	amod
2	warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 made	advmod
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 made	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 newspapers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 newspapers	det
9	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 sell	mark
11	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	advcl
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 papers	amod
13	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	present · passive		Red warnings				for the newspapers	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot
2	sell	to-infinitive		more papers					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme

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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