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title: In respect of the small print «results may vary» or «not typical», s… — Advert tricks and offers that are too… · tree and pragmatics
description: In respect of the small print «results may vary» or «not typical», select the response consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 281 «Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 3 · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

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In respect of the small print «results may vary» or «not typical», select the response consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** results, you · **What happens:** vary, select, establish, respect · **To what, where:** response, respect, small print

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 281 «Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:e3:1
# text = In respect of the small print «results may vary» or «not typical», select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	print	print	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	vary	vary	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	typical	typical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
18	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	amod	_	_
25	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vary** *in a quote* | may | results |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  | respect of the small print |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | the small print |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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All persons are guaranteed to obtain the results shown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:e3:o1:1
# text = All persons are guaranteed to obtain the results shown
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guarantee** | present · passive |  | all persons |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | the results |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset result=Theme |
| 3 | **show** | participle |  | the results *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The product has since been withdrawn from sale entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:e3:o2:1
# text = The product has since been withdrawn from sale entirely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	since	since	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | present · perfect · passive |  | the product |  | sale |  | entirely, since *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from sale=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The results shown are typical of every customer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:e3:o3:1
# text = The results shown are typical of every customer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	typical	typical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | participle |  | the results *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the results |  |  |  |  | of every customer; typical *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Most persons will not obtain the results shown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:e3:o4:1
# text = Most persons will not obtain the results shown
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **obtain** | future | Most persons | the results |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | participle | Most persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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