--- title: Which tells you a brain claim might be a sales trick? — Your amazing brain and senses · tree and pragmatics description: Which tells you a brain claim might be a sales trick? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Your amazing brain and senses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Your amazing brain and senses Which tells you a brain claim might be a sales trick? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brain claim · **What happens:** tell, be · **To what, where:** you, sales trick · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» of the myths 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/myths/2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:t10:1 # text = Which tells you a brain claim might be a sales trick? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 sales sales NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | might | a brain claim | a sales trick | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The person telling you is selling the fix for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:t10:o1:1 # text = The person telling you is selling the fix for it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 selling sell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fix fix NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the person *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **sell** | present · progressive | the person | the fix | | | | for fix | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent fix=Theme for it=Asset | ### Option 2 {#o2} It matches what brain scans show ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:t10:o2:1 # text = It matches what brain scans show 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 matches match VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 scans scan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **match** | present | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **show** | present | brain scans | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was checked by many scientists ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:t10:o3:1 # text = It was checked by many scientists 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 checked check VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | past · passive | many scientists | It | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It comes from a large, careful study with thousands of people ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:t10:o4:1 # text = It comes from a large, careful study with thousands of people 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | It | | | a large careful study with thousands of people | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from study=Initial\_Location | **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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