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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises product placement? Exam question 1 of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 1 · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises product placement?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** product placement

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises product placement?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	placement	placement	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 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | product placement |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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A display of goods upon supermarket shelves, arranged so that they catch the eye

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:e1:o1:1
# text = A display of goods upon supermarket shelves, arranged so that they catch the eye
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	nmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	supermarket	supermarket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	shelves	shelf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | participle · passive |  | a display of goods upon supermarket shelves |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **catch** | present | shelves *= shelf* | the eye |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
| 3 | **display** |  |  | goods upon supermarket shelves |  |  |  |  | nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Payment for products to appear in films or shows, which is hidden advertising

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:e1:o2:1
# text = Payment for products to appear in films or shows, which is hidden advertising
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	products	product	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	appear	appear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	shows	show	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	advertising	advertising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | films or shows |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | Payment for products and hidden advertising | hidden advertising |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The delivery of a product to one's home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:e1:o3:1
# text = The delivery of a product to one's home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** |  |  | a product |  |  |  | to one's home | nom delivery «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A competition to design a product

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:e1:o4:1
# text = A competition to design a product
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	competition	competition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	design	design	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **design** | to-infinitive |  | a product |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent product=Result |

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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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