Exam question 1 · April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an acceptable April Fool trick?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: acceptable April Fool trick

This is exam question 1 of lesson 279 «April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 trick	det
10	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 trick	amod
11	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 trick	compound
12	Fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trick	compound
13	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a acceptable April Fool trick				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It is gentle and harmless, and the truth is revealed promptly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gentle	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gentle	cop
3	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 harmless	cc
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gentle	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 revealed	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 revealed	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 truth	det
9	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 revealed	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 revealed	aux:pass
11	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gentle	conj
12	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	11 revealed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		gentle property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	reveal	present · passive		the truth	promptly property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 2

It must be maintained for the entire day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 maintained	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 maintained	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 maintained	aux:pass
4	maintained	maintain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 day	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
7	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maintained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	maintain	must · passive		It			day		vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It may involve a pretended emergency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 involve	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 involve	aux
3	involve	involve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 emergency	det
5	pretended	pretend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 emergency	amod
6	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 involve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	involve	may	It	a pretended emergency					vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emergency=Theme
2	pretend	participle							tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It may cause fear or upset, provided that it is sufficiently amusing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cause	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	aux
3	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 upset	cc
6	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fear	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 provided	punct
8	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 amusing	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 amusing	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 amusing	cop
12	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	_	13 amusing	advmod
13	amusing	amusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	may	It	fear		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fear=Patient
2	provide	past				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	is	present	fear		amusing, sufficiently property	tree rules

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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