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title: my cousin says a girl "won an iPhone" from a random text and her mum… — Advert tricks and offers that are too… · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says a girl "won an iPhone" from a random text and her mum "lost thousands". what's the bit to doubt Test 18 · ★★ 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 a
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# Test 18 · ★★ · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

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my cousin says a girl "won an iPhone" from a random text and her mum "lost thousands". what's the bit to doubt

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, girl · **What happens:** say, win, lose, be, doubt · **To what, where:** iPhone, random text, bit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t18:1
# text = my cousin says a girl "won an iPhone" from a random text and her mum "lost thousands". what's the bit to doubt
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	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	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	iPhone	iphone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	doubt	doubt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **win** *in a quote* | past | a girl | a iPhone |  | a random text and girl's mum |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent iphone=Beneficiary thousand=Theme |
| 3 | **lose** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the bit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **doubt** | to-infinitive | my cousin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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That scams can take money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t18:o1:1
# text = That scams can take money
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	scams	scam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | can | that scams | money |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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That she won anything; you can't win a contest you never entered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t18:o2:1
# text = That she won anything; you can't win a contest you never entered
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | That | anything |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **win** | can | you | a contest |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **enter** | past | you | a contest *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme contest=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That texts can be scams, that's the bit that sounds made up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t18:o3:1
# text = That texts can be scams, that's the bit that sounds made up
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	scams	scam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	xcomp	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | that texts | scams |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | the bit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sound** | present | the bit |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **make up** | participle | the bit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That phones get messages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t18:o4:1
# text = That phones get messages
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | that phones | messages |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer message=Stimulus |

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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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