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description: Whereas a person engaged to promote a product receives payment for doing so, determine the obligation imposed upon that person by the advertising rules. Exam question 3 of lesson 48 «Famous people are people: privacy, scams and kind stories» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 3 · Famous people are people: privacy, scams and kind stories

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Whereas a person engaged to promote a product receives payment for doing so, determine the obligation imposed upon that person by the advertising rules.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person, payment · **What happens:** engage, promote, receive, do, determine, impose · **To what, where:** person, product, payment, obligation

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 48 «Famous people are people: privacy, scams and kind stories» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:e3:1
# text = Whereas a person engaged to promote a product receives payment for doing so, determine the obligation imposed upon that person by the advertising rules.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	promote	promote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	receives	receive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	by	by	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	advertising	advertising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **promote** | to-infinitive |  | a product |  |  |  |  | vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent product=Theme |
| 3 | **receive** | present | a person | payment |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payment=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | gerund | payment *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **determine** | infinitive |  | the obligation |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obligation=Topic |
| 6 | **impose** | participle |  | the obligation *not said here* |  |  |  | upon that person; by the advertising rules | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To refrain from using the product personally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:e3:o1:1
# text = To refrain from using the product personally
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	refrain	refrain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	personally	personally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refrain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | gerund |  | the product |  |  |  | personally *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent product=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To disclose that the communication is an advertisement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:e3:o2:1
# text = To disclose that the communication is an advertisement
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disclose	disclose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	advertisement	advertisement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the communication | a advertisement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To promote solely products manufactured abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:e3:o3:1
# text = To promote solely products manufactured abroad
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	promote	promote	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	products	product	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promote** | to-infinitive |  | products |  |  |  | abroad, solely *property* | vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent product=Theme |
| 2 | **manufacture** | participle |  | products *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To obtain the written consent of every follower in advance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:e3:o4:1
# text = To obtain the written consent of every follower in advance
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	follower	follower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | the written consent of every follower |  | advance |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset consent=Theme |
| 2 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **consent** |  |  | every follower |  |  |  |  | nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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**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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