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title: Sophie freaks out: "Is the internet spying on me?!" What's the hones… — Adverts and how they work on you · tree and pragmatics
description: Sophie freaks out: "Is the internet spying on me?!" What's the honest answer? Test 9 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · Adverts and how they work on you

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Sophie freaks out: "Is the internet spying on me?!" What's the honest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sophie, internet, honest answer · **What happens:** freak out, be, spy · **To what, where:** internet

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sophie freaks out: "Is the internet spying on me?!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t9:1
# text = Sophie freaks out: "Is the internet spying on me?!"
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	freaks	freak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	spying	spy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?!	?!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freak out** | present | Sophie |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | the internet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **spy** *in a quote* | gerund | the internet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on me | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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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's the honest answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t9:2
# text = What's the honest answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 honest answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only your teacher can see what you search

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t9:o1:1
# text = Only your teacher can see what you search
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	search	search	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | your teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **search** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, a real person at the company reads all of your messages every night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, a real person at the company reads all of your messages every night
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | a real person at the company | all |  |  | night |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, ads appear completely at random

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t9:o3:1
# text = No, ads appear completely at random
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ads	ad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	random	random	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | ads |  |  | random |  | completely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at random=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Websites track what you look at, often with cookies, to target ads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you:t9:o4:1
# text = Websites track what you look at, often with cookies, to target ads
1	Websites	website	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	track	track	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cookies	cookie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	target	target	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	ads	ad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **track** | present | Websites | target ads |  |  |  | with cookies | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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