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description: Identify the course of action most consistent with sound reasoning upon encountering the claim "The best pizza in town". Exam question 4 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 o
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# Exam question 4 · Adverts and how they work on you

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Identify the course of action most consistent with sound reasoning upon encountering the claim "The best pizza in town".

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sound reasoning · **What happens:** identify, encounter · **To what, where:** course, claim

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:e4:1
# text = Identify the course of action most consistent with sound reasoning upon encountering the claim "The best pizza in town".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	encountering	encounter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **encounter** | gerund | sound reasoning *not said here* | the claim  the best pizza in town |  |  |  |  | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer claim=Stimulus |

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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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Unqualified acceptance of the claim as an established fact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:e4:o1:1
# text = Unqualified acceptance of the claim as an established fact
1	Unqualified	unqualified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **accept** |  |  | the claim as a established fact |  |  |  |  | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Recognition of the claim as an opinion of the seller, not an established fact

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:e4:o2:1
# text = Recognition of the claim as an opinion of the seller, not an established fact
1	Recognition	recognition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	seller	seller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **recognize** |  |  | the claim as a opinion of the seller |  |  |  |  | nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **opine** |  |  | the seller |  |  |  |  | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Immediate purchase of the product in order that the claim may be verified by tasting

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:e4:o3:1
# text = Immediate purchase of the product in order that the claim may be verified by tasting
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	verified	verify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	tasting	tasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **verify** | may · passive | tasting | the claim |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic |
| 2 | **purchase** |  |  | the product in order |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Notification of the police in respect of the claim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:e4:o4:1
# text = Notification of the police in respect of the claim
1	Notification	notification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notify** |  |  | the police in respect of the claim |  |  |  |  | nom notification «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | the claim |  |  |  |  | nom respect «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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