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title: Identify the principal deficiency of a shampoo trial in which the pr… — Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats" · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal deficiency of a shampoo trial in which the product was compared with no washing whatsoever. Exam question 2 of lesson 176 «Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 2 · Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"

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Identify the principal deficiency of a shampoo trial in which the product was compared with no washing whatsoever.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, compare · **To what, where:** principal deficiency, product, shampoo trial

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 176 «Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"» of the world 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/world/176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal deficiency of a shampoo trial in which the product was compared with no washing whatsoever.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	shampoo	shampoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	compared	compare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal deficiency of a shampoo trial |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme |
| 2 | **compare** | past · passive |  | the product |  | a shampoo trial |  | with no washing; whatsoever *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with washing=Co-Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The shampoo was not applied to the participants' hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:e2:o1:1
# text = The shampoo was not applied to the participants' hair
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shampoo	shampoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	participants	participant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **apply** | past · passive |  | the shampoo |  |  |  | to the participants's hair | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shininess cannot be observed by the human eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:e2:o2:1
# text = Shininess cannot be observed by the human eye
1	Shininess	shininess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **observe** | can · passive | the human eye | Shininess |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The comparison was made against nothing rather than against other products

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:e2:o3:1
# text = The comparison was made against nothing rather than against other products
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obl	_	_
7	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	11	cc	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	products	product	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | the comparison |  |  |  | against nothing | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The number of participants was excessively large

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:e2:o4:1
# text = The number of participants was excessively large
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	participants	participant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the number of participants |  |  |  |  | excessively, large *property* | tree rules |

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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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