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title: ppl in class say Ella's mum "spent 5 grand on game coins" and laugh.… — Illusions that fool the eye and advert… · tree and pragmatics
description: ppl in class say Ella's mum "spent 5 grand on game coins" and laugh. spread it? Test 19 · ★ 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
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# Test 19 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

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ppl in class say Ella's mum "spent 5 grand on game coins" and laugh. spread it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ppl, mum · **What happens:** say, spend, laugh, spread · **To what, where:** 5 grand, game coins, grand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t19:1
# text = ppl in class say Ella's mum "spent 5 grand on game coins" and laugh. spread it?
1	ppl	people	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
10	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	grand	grand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
19	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ppl in class |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **spend** *in a quote* | past | Ella's mum | 5 grand |  |  |  | on game coins *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent grand=Asset on coin=Goal |
| 3 | **laugh** | infinitive | Ella's mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **spread** | infinitive | ppl in class *not said here* | grand |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

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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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Yes, it's a funny story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, it's a funny story
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a funny story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, post it in the class chat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t19:o2:1
# text = Yes, post it in the class chat
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	post	post	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the class chat |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, it's gossip that could be untrue and hurtful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t19:o3:1
# text = No, it's gossip that could be untrue and hurtful
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	untrue	untrue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | gossip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | could | gossip |  |  |  |  | untrue *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | gossip *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, and ask Ella about it at lunch in front of everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, and ask Ella about it at lunch in front of everyone
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	nmod	_	_
```

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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* |  | Ella | lunch |  | about it; in front of everyone | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent ella=Recipient about it=Topic |

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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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