Test 5 · Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"

"Shampoo's clinically proven 70% shinier innit, it says so on the bottle." The small print: 12 people, compared with not washing. What do you say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: innit, you · What happens: prove, say, compare, not wash · To what, where: shinier innit, bottle, small print · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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: "Shampoo's clinically proven 70% shinier innit, it says so on the bottle."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 proven	punct
2	Shampoo	Shampoo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 proven	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Shampoo	case
4	clinically	clinically	ADV	_	5 proven	advmod
5	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	70	70	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 %	nummod
7	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	8 shinier	obl:unmarked
8	shinier	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 innit	amod
9	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 proven	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 proven	conj
13	so	so	ADV	_	12 says	advmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 bottle	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bottle	det
16	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 proven	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 proven	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove in a quote	participle		shinier innit				clinically property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innit=Theme
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	innit			the bottle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: The small print: 12 people, compared with not washing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 print	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 print	amod
3	print	print	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 people	punct
5	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 people	nummod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 print	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 compared	punct
8	compared	compare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 print	acl
9	with	with	SCONJ	_	11 washing	mark
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 washing	advmod
11	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 compared	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 print	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compare	participle		the small print and 12 people not said here					vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	not wash	gerund							vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What do you say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	you						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

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

It only beat not washing, so it proves almost nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 beat	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 beat	advmod
3	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 washing	advmod
5	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 beat	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 proves	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 proves	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 proves	nsubj
9	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 beat	parataxis
10	almost	almost	ADV	_	11 nothing	advmod
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 proves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	beat	present	It		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not wash	gerund			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	prove	present	it	nothing	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme

Option 2

70% shinier means it works on 70% of people who use it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	70	70	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 %	nummod
2	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
3	shinier	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 %	amod
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 works	nsubj
6	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 %	case
8	70	70	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 %	nummod
9	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	6 works	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 people	case
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 %	nmod
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 use	nsubj
13	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 people	acl:relcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	work	present	it		vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on %=Theme
3	use	present	people	it	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

"Clinically proven" means it's the best shampoo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 proven	punct
2	Clinically	clinically	ADV	_	3 proven	advmod
3	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 proven	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 shampoo	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shampoo	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shampoo	det
9	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 shampoo	amod
10	shampoo	shampoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prove in a quote	participle			clinically property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	it	the best shampoo		tree rules

Option 4

Twelve people is more than enough for any test

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 people	nummod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 more	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 more	cop
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 enough	case
6	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 more	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 test	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 test	det
9	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 more	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Twelve people					than enough; for any test; more property	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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