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title: A child wants a meal only because of the plastic toy. What is really… — Illusions that fool the eye and advert… · tree and pragmatics
description: A child wants a meal only because of the plastic toy. What is really happening? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

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A child wants a meal only because of the plastic toy. What is really happening?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** want, happen · **To what, where:** meal

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A child wants a meal only because of the plastic toy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t7:1
# text = A child wants a meal only because of the plastic toy.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a child | a meal |  |  |  | because the plastic toy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot meal=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is really happening?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t7:2
# text = What is really happening?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happening	happen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The restaurant gives the toys away for free, out of kindness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t7:o1:1
# text = The restaurant gives the toys away for free, out of kindness
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	restaurant	restaurant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | present | the restaurant | the toys |  |  |  | for free | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent toy=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The toy makes the food healthier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t7:o2:1
# text = The toy makes the food healthier
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	healthier	healthy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the toy | the food |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material food=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The toy is part of the price and the selling plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t7:o3:1
# text = The toy is part of the price and the selling plan
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	selling	selling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the toy | part |  |  |  | of the price and the selling plan | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The meal is cheaper than usual

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t7:o4:1
# text = The meal is cheaper than usual
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the meal |  |  |  |  | than usual; cheap *property* | tree rules |

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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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