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title: ad shows the toy car doing loops n flying, its gonna do that? — Illusions that fool the eye and advert… · tree and pragmatics
description: ad shows the toy car doing loops n flying, its gonna do that? Test 14 · ★ 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.
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# Test 14 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

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ad shows the toy car doing loops n flying, its gonna do that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ad, toy car · **What happens:** show, do, fly · **To what, where:** toy car, loops, that

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t14:1
# text = ad shows the toy car doing loops n flying, its gonna do that?
1	ad	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	loops	loop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	n	n	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	dep	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | ad | the toy car |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent car=Recipient |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the toy car *not said here* | loops |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loop=Eventuality |
| 3 | **fly** | gerund | the toy car *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | infinitive |  | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Probably not, adverts show toys at their best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t14:o1:1
# text = Probably not, adverts show toys at their best
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	adverts	advert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | adverts | toys |  | adverts's best |  | probably *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent toy=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, all toys do that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t14:o2:1
# text = Yes, all toys do that
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | all toys | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, adverts have to show exactly what the toy can do at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t14:o3:1
# text = Yes, adverts have to show exactly what the toy can do at home
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	adverts	advert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | adverts |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | adverts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** | can | the toy |  |  | home |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, if you buy the batteries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t14:o4:1
# text = Yes, if you buy the batteries
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	buy	buy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | present | you | the batteries |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Theme |

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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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