Exam question 4 · April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work
State the tradition observed in the United Kingdom and Ireland concerning the hour by which April Fool tricks are to be played.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: observe, concern, play · To what, where: State tradition, United Kingdom, Fool tricks
This is exam question 4 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tradition | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tradition | det |
| 3 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | observed | observe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tradition | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Kingdom | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Kingdom | det |
| 7 | United | United | PROPN | _ | 8 Kingdom | flat |
| 8 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 observed | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 Ireland | cc |
| 10 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Kingdom | conj |
| 11 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 22 played | csubj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hour | det |
| 13 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concerning | obj |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 which | case |
| 15 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 18 tricks | det |
| 16 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Fool | compound |
| 17 | Fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 tricks | compound |
| 18 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 played | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 played | aux:pass |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 played | mark |
| 21 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 22 played | aux:pass |
| 22 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tradition | acl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 tradition | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | participle | the State tradition not said here | the United Kingdom and Ireland | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | concern | gerund | hour | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | play | present · passive | which Fool tricks | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Before midday, after which the prankster is deemed the fool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before | before | ADP | _ | 2 midday | case |
| 2 | midday | midday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deemed | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 midday | punct |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 deemed | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 prankster | det |
| 7 | prankster | prankster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deemed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 deemed | aux:pass |
| 9 | deemed | deem | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fool | det |
| 11 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deemed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deem | present · passive | the prankster | before midday | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme fool=Attribute |
Option 2
Only after sunset, when the day's work is done and families gather
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 sunset | advmod |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 3 sunset | case |
| 3 | sunset | sunset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gather | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 done | punct |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 done | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 work | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 day | case |
| 9 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 done | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 done | aux:pass |
| 11 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 sunset | acl:relcl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 families | cc |
| 13 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 done | conj |
| 14 | gather | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · passive | the day's work | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | gather | present | sunset | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | work | the day | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Only at midnight at the start of the day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 midnight | advmod |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 midnight | case |
| 3 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 start | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 start | det |
| 6 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 midnight | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 start | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | the day | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
At any hour of the day without distinction
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 hour | case |
| 2 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 hour | det |
| 3 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 day | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hour | nmod |
| 7 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 distinction | case |
| 8 | distinction | distinction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 day | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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