Exam question 3 · Adverts and how they work on you

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an endorsement?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: endorsement

This is exam question 3 of lesson 33 «Adverts and how they work on you» of the money 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 endorsement	det
10	endorsement	endorsement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a endorsement				of the following statements; accurately 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

A refund made in respect of an unsatisfactory product

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 refund	det
2	refund	refund	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 refund	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 respect	case
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 product	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 product	det
8	unsatisfactory	unsatisfactory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 product	amod
9	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a refund not said here		respect of a unsatisfactory product			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	respect			a unsatisfactory product					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The promotion of a product by a well-known person, frequently in exchange for payment

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 promotion	det
2	promotion	promotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 product	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 product	det
5	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promotion	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	11 person	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 person	det
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 known	advmod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 well	punct
10	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 person	amod
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promotion	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 exchange	punct
13	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	15 exchange	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 exchange	case
15	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promotion	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 payment	case
17	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 exchange	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	participle						well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	promote		a known person	a product					nom promotion «communication transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 3

A statutory limit upon the advertising of unhealthy food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 limit	det
2	statutory	statutory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 limit	amod
3	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 advertising	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 advertising	det
6	advertising	advertising	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 limit	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 food	case
8	unhealthy	unhealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 food	amod
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 advertising	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advertise			unhealthy food					nom advertising «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

An independent scientific test of the quality of a product

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 test	det
2	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 test	amod
3	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 test	amod
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 quality	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 quality	det
7	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 product	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 product	det
10	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quality	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test			the quality of a product					nom test «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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