Test 11 · Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"

Leo: "30% more fun?? Did they bring a fun-o-meter into the factory lol." Is Leo right to laugh?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: bring, be, laugh · To what, where: fun o meter, factory, Leo right

This is test 11 of lesson 176 «Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"» of the world 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: Leo: "30% more fun??

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 fun	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 fun	punct
4	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 %	nummod
5	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	7 fun	compound
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 fun	amod
7	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leo	appos
8	??	??	PUNCT	_	1 Leo	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Did they bring a fun-o-meter into the factory lol."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bring	aux
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bring	nsubj
3	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 meter	det
5	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 meter	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 fun	punct
7	o	o	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 meter	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 meter	punct
9	meter	meter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bring	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 factory	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 factory	det
12	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bring	obl
13	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 bring	discourse
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bring	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past · do-support	they	a fun o meter		the factory			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent meter=Theme into factory=Destination

Sentence 3: Is Leo right to laugh?

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	3 right	cop
2	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 right	compound
3	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 laugh	mark
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	acl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Leo right					tree rules
2	laugh	to-infinitive							vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

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

Yes; fun can't be measured, so the number is decoration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 measured	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 measured	nsubj:pass
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 measured	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 measured	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 measured	aux:pass
7	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 decoration	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 decoration	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 number	det
11	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 decoration	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 decoration	cop
13	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 measured	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not measure	can · passive		fun					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
2	is a	present	the number	decoration					tree rules

Option 2

No; it means there are 30% more flakes inside every single box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 are	expl
6	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 %	nummod
8	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	10 flakes	compound
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 flakes	amod
10	flakes	flake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 are	nsubj
11	inside	inside	ADP	_	14 box	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 box	det
13	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 box	amod
14	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 are	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	does	present	% more flakes			every single box; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside box=Location

Option 3

Yes, because it should really say 50% more fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 say	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 say	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 say	advmod
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 %	nummod
9	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	10 more	obl:unmarked
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 fun	amod
11	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should	it	more fun					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fun=Topic

Option 4

No; scientists measure fun in percent every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 measure	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 measure	nsubj
4	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	fun	fun	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 measure	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 percent	case
7	percent	percent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 measure	obl
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 measure	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present	scientists			percent	day	fun property	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

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