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# Test 4 · ★ · The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines

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«Mum, it says up to 70% off so my £20 game will be really cheap!» What is the problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, £ game, problem · **What happens:** say up, be

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Mum, it says up to 70% off so my £20 game will be really cheap!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t4:1
# text = «Mum, it says up to 70% off so my £20 game will be really cheap!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	70	70	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	off	off	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
12	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
13	£	£	SYM	$	_	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
15	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
16	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	cop	_	_
18	really	really	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say up** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to %=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | future | my £ game |  |  |  |  | cheap, off *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t4:2
# text = What is the problem?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the problem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sale signs are always against the law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t4:o1:1
# text = Sale signs are always against the law
1	Sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	law	law	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** | present | Sale signs |  |  |  |  | against the law; always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The game will now cost £70 instead of the £20 it cost before

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t4:o2:1
# text = The game will now cost £70 instead of the £20 it cost before
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	cost	cost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	70	70	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	£	£	SYM	$	_	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	before	before	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | future | the game |  |  |  | now | instead the £ cost; before *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme £=Value |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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«Up to» means only a few things have that much off; check the game's tag

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t4:o3:1
# text = «Up to» means only a few things have that much off; check the game's tag
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
11	that	that	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	much	much	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	off	off	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	tag	tag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | a few things |  |  |  |  | off *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **check** | infinitive |  | the game's tag |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tag=Theme |
| 4 | **tag** |  | the game |  |  |  |  |  | nom tag «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, because every single thing in the shop is cheaper by exactly the same amount

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t4:o4:1
# text = Nothing, because every single thing in the shop is cheaper by exactly the same amount
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	amod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every single thing in the shop |  |  |  |  | by the same amount; cheap *property* | tree rules |

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