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title: "That advert with the golden dog was groovy, man, I'm sold" says Gra… — Adverts, slogans and polls · tree and pragmatics
description: "That advert with the golden dog was groovy, man, I'm sold" says Grandpa (groovy = great). What is the wisest reply? Test 2 of lesson 12 «Adverts, slogans and polls» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 2 · Adverts, slogans and polls

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"That advert with the golden dog was groovy, man, I'm sold" says Grandpa (groovy = great). What is the wisest reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** advert, Grandpa, wisest reply · **What happens:** be, sell, say · **To what, where:** Grandpa · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 12 «Adverts, slogans and polls» of the politics 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/politics/12-adverts-slogans-and-polls/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "That advert with the golden dog was groovy, man, I'm sold" says Grandpa (groovy = great).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t2:1
# text = "That advert with the golden dog was groovy, man, I'm sold" says Grandpa (groovy = great).
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	groovy	groovy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
19	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	groovy	groovy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	ccomp	_	_
21	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	22	punct	_	_
22	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that advert with the golden dog |  |  |  |  | groovy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sell** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | Grandpa |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandpa |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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 is the wisest reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t2:2
# text = What is the wisest reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	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	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	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 wisest reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Adverts are made by neutral reporters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t2:o1:1
# text = Adverts are made by neutral reporters
1	Adverts	advert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	neutral	neutral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	reporters	reporter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive | neutral reporters | Adverts |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |

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

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An advert shows only what the candidate wants you to see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t2:o2:1
# text = An advert shows only what the candidate wants you to see
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a advert |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **want** | present | the candidate | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Adverts must be fully balanced by law, so it shows the good and bad sides of the candidate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t2:o3:1
# text = Adverts must be fully balanced by law, so it shows the good and bad sides of the candidate
1	Adverts	advert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	balanced	balance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
16	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **balance** | must · passive | law | Adverts |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | present | law | the good sides of the candidate |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent side=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The dog proves the candidate is kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t2:o4:1
# text = The dog proves the candidate is kind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the candidate |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

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