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description: Identify the principal reason for which newspaper headlines frequently represent events as larger than they were. Exam question 3 of lesson 47 «The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 3 · The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines

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Identify the principal reason for which newspaper headlines frequently represent events as larger than they were.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, newspaper headlines, headlines · **What happens:** identify, represent, be · **To what, where:** principal reason, events

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 47 «The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines» of the language 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/language/47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which newspaper headlines frequently represent events as larger than they were.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	headlines	headline	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	represent	represent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	ccomp	_	_
14	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **represent** | present | newspaper headlines | events |  |  |  | for the principal reason; frequently *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot event=Theme for which=Attribute |
| 3 | **be** | past | headlines *= headline* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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To attract readers and thereby sell papers and obtain clicks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:e3:o1:1
# text = To attract readers and thereby sell papers and obtain clicks
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	attract	attract	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sell	sell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	papers	paper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	clicks	click	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attract** | to-infinitive |  | readers |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reader=Patient |
| 2 | **sell** | infinitive |  | papers |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme |
| 3 | **obtain** | present |  | clicks |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset click=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To shorten the article that follows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:e3:o2:1
# text = To shorten the article that follows
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shorten	shorten	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shorten** | to-infinitive |  | the article |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent article=Patient |
| 2 | **follow** | present | the article |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To compensate for errors in measurement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:e3:o3:1
# text = To compensate for errors in measurement
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	compensate	compensate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	errors	error	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	measurement	measurement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compensate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | measurement |  | for errors | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To comply with the regulations governing the press

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:e3:o4:1
# text = To comply with the regulations governing the press
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	comply	comply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	regulations	regulation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	governing	govern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	press	press	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comply** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the regulations | tree rules |
| 2 | **govern** | gerund | the regulations *not said here* | the press |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent press=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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