Test 10 · Adverts and how they work on you
An ad says "9 out of 10 dentists recommend it." What's a smart question to ask?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ad, 9 dentists · What happens: say, recommend, be, ask · To what, where: ad, smart question · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 33 «Adverts and how they work on you» of the money 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: An ad says "9 out of 10 dentists recommend it."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ad | det |
| 2 | ad | ad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 9 | punct |
| 5 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 dentists | nummod |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 10 | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 10 | case |
| 8 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 9 | nmod |
| 9 | dentists | dentist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 recommend | nsubj |
| 10 | recommend | recommend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 recommend | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a ad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | recommend in a quote | present | 9 dentists | ad | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: What's a smart question to ask?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 question | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 question | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 question | det |
| 4 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 question | amod |
| 5 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ask | mark |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 question | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 question | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a smart question | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
How many dentists were asked, and who chose them?
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 dentists | amod |
| 3 | dentists | dentist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 asked | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 asked | aux:pass |
| 5 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 chose | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 chose | cc |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 chose | nsubj |
| 9 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 asked | ccomp |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 chose | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past · passive | many dentists | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | choose | past | dentists = dentist | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 2
Why don't dentists brush their teeth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 brush | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 brush | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 brush | advmod |
| 4 | dentists | dentist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 brush | nsubj |
| 5 | brush | brush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 7 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 brush | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 brush | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not brush | present · do-support | dentists | dentists's teeth | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme |
Option 3
What colour is the toothpaste tube?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 colour | det |
| 2 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tube | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tube | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tube | det |
| 5 | toothpaste | toothpaste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tube | compound |
| 6 | tube | tube | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 tube | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | what colour | the toothpaste tube | tree rules |
Option 4
Is the tenth dentist a real person?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dentist | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dentist | det |
| 3 | tenth | tenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dentist | amod |
| 4 | dentist | dentist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 person | csubj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 person | amod |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the tenth dentist | 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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