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description: Your friend's horoscope says Thursday is unlucky, so she wants to skip a match. What is wise? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 1 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

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Your friend's horoscope says Thursday is unlucky, so she wants to skip a match. What is wise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** horoscope, Thursday · **What happens:** say, be, want, skip · **To what, where:** match · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend's horoscope says Thursday is unlucky, so she wants to skip a match.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t1:1
# text = Your friend's horoscope says Thursday is unlucky, so she wants to skip a match.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	horoscope	horoscope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	skip	skip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your friend's horoscope |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Thursday |  |  |  |  | unlucky *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** | present | horoscope |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **skip** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | horoscope *not said here* | a match |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is wise?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t1:2
# text = What is wise?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Skip it to be safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t1:o1:1
# text = Skip it to be safe
1	Skip	skip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Change her name to stop bad luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t1:o2:1
# text = Change her name to stop bad luck
1	Change	change	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | imperative | you *not said here* | her name |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | bad luck |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality luck=Eventuality |
| 3 | **name** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ask the horoscope for a better day and play on that one instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t1:o3:1
# text = Ask the horoscope for a better day and play on that one instead
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horoscope	horoscope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the horoscope |  |  | day |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent horoscope=Recipient |
| 2 | **play** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on that one; instead *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Play anyway, as horoscopes cannot predict the future

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t1:o4:1
# text = Play anyway, as horoscopes cannot predict the future
1	Play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	horoscopes	horoscope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	predict	predict	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **predict** | can | horoscopes | the future |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot future=Topic |

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