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description: ★ The opposite mistake: «headlines always shout, so I'll ignore the red weather warning». Why is this wrong? Test 9 · ★ 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 eac
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# Test 9 · ★ · The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines

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★ The opposite mistake: «headlines always shout, so I'll ignore the red weather warning». Why is this wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** headlines, I, this · **What happens:** shout, ignore, be · **To what, where:** red weather warning

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★ The opposite mistake: «headlines always shout, so I'll ignore the red weather warning».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t9:1
# text = ★ The opposite mistake: «headlines always shout, so I'll ignore the red weather warning».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	headlines	headline	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	shout	shout	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present | headlines |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ignore** *in a quote* | future | I | the red weather warning |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is this wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t9:2
# text = Why is this wrong?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A red warning is measured and calm, and it means real danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t9:o1:1
# text = A red warning is measured and calm, and it means real danger
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	measured	measure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | present · passive |  | a red warning |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value |
| 2 | **mean** | present | warning | real danger |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Red warnings are a kind of headline hyperbole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t9:o2:1
# text = Red warnings are a kind of headline hyperbole
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	headline	headline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Red warnings | a kind |  |  |  | of headline hyperbole | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The weather service always exaggerates storms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t9:o3:1
# text = The weather service always exaggerates storms
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	exaggerates	exaggerate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exaggerate** | present | the weather service | storms |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Red warnings are only made up for the newspapers to sell more papers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines:t9:o4:1
# text = Red warnings are only made up for the newspapers to sell more papers
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	papers	paper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | present · passive |  | Red warnings |  |  |  | for the newspapers | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |
| 2 | **sell** | to-infinitive |  | more papers |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme |

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