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title: It is given that an article commending a product bears the notice "p… — How to check: who, how, who else · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that an article commending a product bears the notice "paid for by" its manufacturer. State the term for such material. Exam question 3 of lesson 35 «How to check: who, how, who else» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 3 · How to check: who, how, who else

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It is given that an article commending a product bears the notice "paid for by" its manufacturer. State the term for such material.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** article · **What happens:** give, commend, pay for · **To what, where:** It, product bears, notice

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «How to check: who, how, who else» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that an article commending a product bears the notice "paid for by" its manufacturer.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:e3:1
# text = It is given that an article commending a product bears the notice "paid for by" its manufacturer.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	commending	commend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	_
18	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	manufacturer	manufacturer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **commend** | gerund | a article | a product bears |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay for** *in a quote* | participle |  | the notice *not said here* |  |  |  | by article's manufacturer | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: 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:* State the term for such material.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:e3:2
# text = State the term for such material.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Peer review

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:e3:o1:1
# text = Peer review
1	Peer	peer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	review	review	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A scoop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:e3:o2:1
# text = A scoop
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scoop	scoop	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 correction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:e3:o3:1
# text = A correction
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Sponsored content

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:e3:o4:1
# text = Sponsored content
1	Sponsored	sponsor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	content	content	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sponsor** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent |

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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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