Test 1 · ★ · April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work

Which is the best April Fool trick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best April · What happens: be

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

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 Fool	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Fool	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 April	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 April	amod
5	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Fool	nsubj
6	Fool	fool	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Fool	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 Fool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the best April					fool 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 · ← Mova's choice

Telling Grandma you broke your arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 Grandma	amod
2	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broke	nsubj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 broke	nsubj
4	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 arm	nmod:poss
6	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	break	past	Telling Grandma	your arm					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient

Option 2

Saying the dog has run away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 run	csubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	obj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 run	aux
5	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		the dog					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dog=Topic
2	run away	present · perfect	Saying					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Putting googly eyes on the milk carton in the fridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	googly	googly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eyes	compound
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Putting	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 carton	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 carton	det
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carton	compound
7	carton	carton	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Putting	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 fridge	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fridge	det
10	fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Putting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	gerund		googly eyes		the milk carton		in the fridge	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on carton=Destination

Option 4

Hiding your brother's school bag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bag	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 brother	case
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bag	compound
6	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hiding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund		your brother's school bag					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient

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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