--- title: ad says batteries not included, so what — Illusions that fool the eye and advert… · tree and pragmatics description: ad says batteries not included, so what Test 12 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Illusions that fool the eye and advert…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet ad says batteries not included, so what **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ad · **What happens:** say, not include · **To what, where:** batteries · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t12:1 # text = ad says batteries not included, so what 1 ad ad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 included include VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ad | batteries | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent battery=Topic | | 2 | **not** **include** | participle | | batteries *not said here* | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The toy runs fine without any batteries at all, don't worry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t12:o1:1 # text = The toy runs fine without any batteries at all, don't worry 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 worry worry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present | the toy | | | | | without any batteries at all; fine *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **worry** | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} The batteries come in a later post ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t12:o2:1 # text = The batteries come in a later post 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 later late ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | the batteries | | | a later post | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in post=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} The shop will give you them free ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t12:o3:1 # text = The shop will give you them free 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 7 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | future | the shop | | them *= they* | | | free *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient they=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} You'll have to buy batteries too, it costs more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t12:o4:1 # text = You'll have to buy batteries too, it costs more 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 costs cost VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | future | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | batteries | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Theme | | 3 | **cost** | present | it | more | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value | **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. 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