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title: State the meaning of praise by an influencer who is paid by a company. — Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, h… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the meaning of praise by an influencer who is paid by a company. Exam question 4 of lesson 334 «Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and too-good-to-be-true offers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 4 · Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and to…

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State the meaning of praise by an influencer who is paid by a company.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, company · **What happens:** state, pay, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, influencer, praise

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 334 «Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and too-good-to-be-true offers» 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/334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:e4:1
# text = State the meaning of praise by an influencer who is paid by a company.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	influencer	influencer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of praise |  |  |  | by a influencer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | present · passive | a company | a influencer |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | praise |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication 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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It is an independent scientific review

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:e4:o1:1
# text = It is an independent scientific review
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	review	review	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a independent scientific review |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It is an advert, not a test of the product

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:e4:o2:1
# text = It is an advert, not a test of the product
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a advert |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **test** |  |  | the product |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is an official government approval

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:e4:o3:1
# text = It is an official government approval
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	approval	approval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a official government approval |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a guarantee of quality

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:e4:o4:1
# text = It is a guarantee of quality
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guarantee	guarantee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a guarantee |  |  |  | of quality | tree rules |

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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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