--- title: An ad says "9 out of 10 dentists recommend it." What's a smart quest… — Adverts and how they work on you · tree and pragmatics description: An ad says "9 out of 10 dentists recommend it." What's a smart question to ask? 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What's a smart question to ask? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ad, 9 dentists · **What happens:** say, recommend, be, ask · **To what, where:** ad, smart question · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 of lesson 33 «Adverts and how they work on you» of the money 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/money/33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An ad says "9 out of 10 dentists recommend it." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t10:1 # text = An ad says "9 out of 10 dentists recommend it." 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ad ad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 9 9 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 dentists dentist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 recommend recommend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a ad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **recommend** *in a quote* | present | 9 dentists | ad | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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:* What's a smart question to ask? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t10:2 # text = What's a smart question to ask? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a smart question | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} How many dentists were asked, and who chose them? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t10:o1:1 # text = How many dentists were asked, and who chose them? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dentists dentist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · passive | | many dentists | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **choose** | past | | dentists *= dentist* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Why don't dentists brush their teeth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t10:o2:1 # text = Why don't dentists brush their teeth? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 dentists dentist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 brush brush VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **brush** | present · do-support | dentists | dentists's teeth | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} What colour is the toothpaste tube? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t10:o3:1 # text = What colour is the toothpaste tube? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 toothpaste toothpaste NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 tube tube NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | what colour | the toothpaste tube | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Is the tenth dentist a real person? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t10:o4:1 # text = Is the tenth dentist a real person? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 tenth tenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 csubj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the tenth dentist | | | | | tree rules | **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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