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title: An advert says a cream makes skin "ten years younger, clinically pro… — Where did you read that? Checking sour… · tree and pragmatics
description: An advert says a cream makes skin "ten years younger, clinically proven". What would a fair test need? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Where did you read that? Checking sources

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An advert says a cream makes skin "ten years younger, clinically proven". What would a fair test need?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** advert, cream · **What happens:** say, make, prove · **To what, where:** skin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» 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/28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An advert says a cream makes skin "ten years younger, clinically proven".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t3:1
# text = An advert says a cream makes skin "ten years younger, clinically proven".
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	clinically	clinically	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a advert |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present | a cream | skin |  |  |  | young *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **prove** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | clinically *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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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 would a fair test need?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t3:2
# text = What would a fair test need?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Many people, a comparison group, and honest measuring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t3:o1:1
# text = Many people, a comparison group, and honest measuring
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	measuring	measuring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Just one happy customer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t3:o2:1
# text = Just one happy customer
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A shiny bottle and a price

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t3:o3:1
# text = A shiny bottle and a price
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A famous actor using it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t3:o4:1
# text = A famous actor using it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	actor	actor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | a famous actor *not said here* | actor |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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