--- title: ★★★ «8 out of 10 owners said their cats preferred it». Which survey… — The best ever and shocking: adverts an… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «8 out of 10 owners said their cats preferred it». Which survey would you trust most? Test 11 · ★ 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 and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [The best ever and shocking: adverts an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines ★★★ «8 out of 10 owners said their cats preferred it». Which survey would you trust most? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, cats, survey · **What happens:** say, prefer, trust · **To what, where:** it, most · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 47 «The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines» of the language 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/language/47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «8 out of 10 owners said their cats preferred it». ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t11:1 # text = ★★★ «8 out of 10 owners said their cats preferred it». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nmod _ _ 9 owners owner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 preferred prefer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | ★ | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **prefer** *in a quote* | past | owners's cats | it | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which survey would you trust most? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t11:2 # text = Which survey would you trust most? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 survey survey NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | would | which survey | most | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} 1 out of 1 owner, the boss of the company ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t11:o1:1 # text = 1 out of 1 owner, the boss of the company 1 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} 8 out of 10 owners chosen by the company that sells it ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t11:o2:1 # text = 8 out of 10 owners chosen by the company that sells it 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 2 out out ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nmod _ _ 5 owners owner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sells sell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | participle | | 8 owners *not said here* | | | | by the company | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sell** | present | the company | company | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} 4 out of 5 owners who work at the cat food factory ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t11:o3:1 # text = 4 out of 5 owners who work at the cat food factory 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 owners owner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 factory factory NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | 5 owners | | | | | at the food factory | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at factory=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 800 out of 1,000 owners asked by a group that doesn't sell cat food ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t11:o4:1 # text = 800 out of 1,000 owners asked by a group that doesn't sell cat food 1 800 800 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 1,000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 owners owner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 11 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | participle | | 1,000 owners *not said here* | | | | by a group | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **sell** | present · do-support | a group | cat food | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | **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. 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