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Test 6 · Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"

In a cartoon a kid opens a toy box and a giant loop-the-loop track jumps out, just like in the advert. Put the cartoon right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, giant loop, you · What happens: open, jump out, put · To what, where: toy box, cartoon

This is test 6 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: In a cartoon a kid opens a toy box and a giant loop-the-loop track jumps out, just like in the advert.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opens	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opens	nsubj
6	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 box	det
8	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 box	compound
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opens	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 jumps	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 loop	det
12	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 loop	amod
13	loop	loop	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 jumps	nsubj
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 track	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 track	det
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 the	punct
17	loop	loop	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 track	compound
18	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 loop	conj
19	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 opens	conj
20	out	out	ADP	_	19 jumps	compound:prt
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 advert	punct
22	just	just	ADV	_	26 advert	advmod
23	like	like	ADP	_	26 advert	case
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 advert	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 advert	det
26	advert	advert	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 jumps	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 opens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	a kid	a toy box		a cartoon			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent box=Theme in cartoon=Location
2	jump out	present	a giant loop and the loop track					like the advert	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Put the cartoon right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	the cartoon				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent cartoon=Goal

The options

Option 1

Adverts are not allowed to show any extra parts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adverts	advert	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 show	mark
6	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 parts	det
8	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 parts	amod
9	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Adverts					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	show not said to happen	to-infinitive	Adverts not said here	any extra parts					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent part=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Real boxes often hold far less; read "sold separately"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 boxes	amod
2	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hold	nsubj
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 hold	advmod
4	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 less	advmod
6	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 hold	advmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 read	punct
8	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hold	conj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 sold	punct
10	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 read	ccomp
11	separately	separately	ADV	_	10 sold	advmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	Real boxes					less, often property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	read	infinitive	Real boxes not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	sell in a quote	participle	Real boxes not said here					separately property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Real boxes always hold everything shown in the advert on TV

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 boxes	amod
2	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hold	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 hold	advmod
4	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 hold	obj
6	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 everything	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 advert	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 advert	det
9	advert	advert	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shown	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 TV	case
11	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	Real boxes	everything		TV		always property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent everything=Theme on tv=Location
2	show	participle				the advert			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The track arrives when you post the box back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 track	det
2	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrives	nsubj
3	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 post	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 post	nsubj
6	post	post	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 arrives	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 box	det
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 post	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	6 post	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	present	the track						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	post back	present	you	the box					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme

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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