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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an endorsement? Exam question 3 of lesson 33 «Adverts and how they work on you» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 3 · Adverts and how they work on you

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an endorsement?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** endorsement

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 33 «Adverts and how they work on you» of the money 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/money/33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an endorsement?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	endorsement	endorsement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a endorsement |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A refund made in respect of an unsatisfactory product

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:e3:o1:1
# text = A refund made in respect of an unsatisfactory product
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	refund	refund	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	unsatisfactory	unsatisfactory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a refund *not said here* |  | respect of a unsatisfactory product |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | a unsatisfactory product |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The promotion of a product by a well-known person, frequently in exchange for payment

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:e3:o2:1
# text = The promotion of a product by a well-known person, frequently in exchange for payment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promotion	promotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **promote** |  | a known person | a product |  |  |  |  | nom promotion «communication transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A statutory limit upon the advertising of unhealthy food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:e3:o3:1
# text = A statutory limit upon the advertising of unhealthy food
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	statutory	statutory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	limit	limit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	advertising	advertising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	unhealthy	unhealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advertise** |  |  | unhealthy food |  |  |  |  | nom advertising «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An independent scientific test of the quality of a product

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:e3:o4:1
# text = An independent scientific test of the quality of a product
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** |  |  | the quality of a product |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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