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title: In a cartoon a kid opens a toy box and a giant loop-the-loop track j… — Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats" · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a kid opens a toy box and a giant loop-the-loop track jumps out, just like in the advert. Put the cartoon right. Test 6 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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# Test 6 · Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"

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In a cartoon a kid opens a toy box and a giant loop-the-loop track jumps out, just like in the advert. Put the cartoon right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid, giant loop, you · **What happens:** open, jump out, put · **To what, where:** toy box, cartoon

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This is test 6 of lesson 176 «Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"» of the world 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/world/176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a kid opens a toy box and a giant loop-the-loop track jumps out, just like in the advert.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon a kid opens a toy box and a giant loop-the-loop track jumps out, just like in the advert.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	opens	open	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	loop	loop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	loop	loop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
19	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
20	out	out	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	just	just	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
23	like	like	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | present | a kid | a toy box |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent box=Theme in cartoon=Location |
| 2 | **jump out** | present | a giant loop and the loop track |  |  |  |  | like the advert | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Put the cartoon right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t6:2
# text = Put the cartoon right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cartoon |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent cartoon=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Adverts are not allowed to show any extra parts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t6:o1:1
# text = Adverts are not allowed to show any extra parts
1	Adverts	advert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Adverts |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Adverts *not said here* | any extra parts |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent part=Recipient |

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

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Real boxes often hold far less; read "sold separately"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t6:o2:1
# text = Real boxes often hold far less; read "sold separately"
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	ccomp	_	_
11	separately	separately	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | Real boxes |  |  |  |  | less, often *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | infinitive | Real boxes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **sell** *in a quote* | participle | Real boxes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | separately *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Real boxes always hold everything shown in the advert on TV

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t6:o3:1
# text = Real boxes always hold everything shown in the advert on TV
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | Real boxes | everything |  | TV |  | always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent everything=Theme on tv=Location |
| 2 | **show** | participle |  |  |  | the advert |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The track arrives when you post the box back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t6:o4:1
# text = The track arrives when you post the box back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	arrives	arrive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	post	post	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | present | the track |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **post back** | present | you | the box |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme |

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