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title: You get a text: «You've won a $1000 gift card! Claim now!» but you n… — Advert tricks and offers that are too… · tree and pragmatics
description: You get a text: «You've won a $1000 gift card! Claim now!» but you never entered any contest. What does that tell you? Test 6 · ★★ 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 que
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

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You get a text: «You've won a $1000 gift card! Claim now!» but you never entered any contest. What does that tell you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, that · **What happens:** get, win, not enter, tell · **To what, where:** text, $ gift card, contest, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You get a text: «You've won a $1000 gift card!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t6:1
# text = You get a text: «You've won a $1000 gift card!
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	$	$	SYM	$	_	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	1000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
13	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | You | a text |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer text=Stimulus |
| 2 | **win** *in a quote* | present · perfect | You | a $ gift card |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Eventuality |

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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:* Claim now!» but you never entered any contest.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t6:2
# text = Claim now!» but you never entered any contest.
1	Claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **enter** *in a quote* | past | you | any contest |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme contest=Destination |

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*Sentence 3:* What does that tell you?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t6:3
# text = What does that tell you?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | that |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You should claim it fast before it expires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t6:o1:1
# text = You should claim it fast before it expires
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	claim	claim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	expires	expire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | should | You | it |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **expire** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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You cannot win a contest you never entered, so it is a trick

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t6:o2:1
# text = You cannot win a contest you never entered, so it is a trick
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gift cards are given out randomly to everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t6:o3:1
# text = Gift cards are given out randomly to everyone
1	Gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cards	card	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	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	randomly	randomly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give out** | present · passive |  | Gift cards | everyone |  |  | randomly *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to everyone=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You must have been entered by a friend who wanted to surprise you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers:t6:o4:1
# text = You must have been entered by a friend who wanted to surprise you
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	entered	enter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	surprise	surprise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | must · perfect · passive | a friend | You |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination |
| 2 | **want** | past | a friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **surprise** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a friend *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |

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