Test 3 · ★★★ · Where did you read that? Checking sources
An advert says a cream makes skin "ten years younger, clinically proven". What would a fair test need?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: advert, cream · What happens: say, make, prove · To what, where: skin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» of the myths 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 advert says a cream makes skin "ten years younger, clinically proven".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 advert | det |
| 2 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cream | det |
| 5 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 makes | nsubj |
| 6 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 makes | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 makes | punct |
| 9 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 years | nummod |
| 10 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 younger | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 makes | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 proven | punct |
| 13 | clinically | clinically | ADV | _ | 14 proven | advmod |
| 14 | proven | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 makes | parataxis |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 proven | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a advert | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make | present | a cream | skin | young property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | prove in a quote | participle | clinically property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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 would a fair test need?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 need | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 need | amod |
| 5 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 need | compound |
| 6 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Many people, a comparison group, and honest measuring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 group | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 group | det |
| 5 | comparison | comparison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 group | compound |
| 6 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 people | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 measuring | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 measuring | cc |
| 9 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 measuring | amod |
| 10 | measuring | measuring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 people | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Just one happy customer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 one | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 customer | nummod |
| 3 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 customer | amod |
| 4 | customer | customer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A shiny bottle and a price
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bottle | det |
| 2 | shiny | shiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bottle | amod |
| 3 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 price | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 price | det |
| 6 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bottle | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A famous actor using it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 actor | det |
| 2 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 actor | amod |
| 3 | actor | actor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | using | use | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 actor | acl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 using | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | gerund | a famous actor not said here | actor | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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