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title: burger in the ad is massive, mine's tiny n squashed. why — Advert tricks and offers that are too… · tree and pragmatics
description: burger in the ad is massive, mine's tiny n squashed. why Test 13 · ★★ 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 of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 13 · ★★ · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
burger in the ad is massive, mine's tiny n squashed. why

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** burger · **What happens:** be, squash · **To what, where:** mine

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This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 281 «Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true» 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/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t13:1
# text = burger in the ad is massive, mine's tiny n squashed. why
1	burger	burger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ad	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	squashed	squash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
14	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | burger in the ad |  |  |  |  | massive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **squash** | present · passive |  | mine |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Ad food is styled and shot to look perfect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t13:o1:1
# text = Ad food is styled and shot to look perfect
1	Ad	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	styled	style	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	shot	shoot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **style** | present · passive |  | Ad food |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **shoot** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | perfect *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Burgers shrink a lot in the minutes after they are made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t13:o2:1
# text = Burgers shrink a lot in the minutes after they are made
1	Burgers	burger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shrink	shrink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrink** | present | Burgers | a lot |  |  | minute |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | Burgers *= burger* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The ad shows the real size of every single burger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t13:o3:1
# text = The ad shows the real size of every single burger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ad	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	burger	burger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the ad | the real size of every single burger |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent size=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They gave you the wrong burger by mistake today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t13:o4:1
# text = They gave you the wrong burger by mistake today
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	burger	burger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | They | the wrong burger | you |  | today | by mistake | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient burger=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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