Test 10 · ★ · April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work

its 3pm april 1 n my cousin in dublin just pranked me. who's the fool

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pm april · What happens: prank, be · To what, where: me, fool

This is test 10 · ★ 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	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 april	nmod:poss
2	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 pm	nummod
3	pm	p.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 april	compound
4	april	april	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pranked	nsubj
5	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 april	nummod
6	n	n	ADP	_	8 cousin	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cousin	nmod:poss
8	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 april	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 dublin	case
10	dublin	dublin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cousin	nmod
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 pranked	advmod
12	pranked	prank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 pranked	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 fool	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 fool	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 fool	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fool	det
18	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pranked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prank	past	its pm april n my cousin in dublin	me					tree rules
2	is a	present		the fool					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

You both are, after noon it's a draw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 noon	nsubj
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 noon	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 noon	cop
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 noon	punct
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 noon	case
6	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 draw	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 draw	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 draw	det
10	draw	draw	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 noon	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You				after noon and a draw		tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a draw					tree rules

Option 2

You are, the day lasts till midnight so he still wins this one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 are	nsubj
2	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lasts	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lasts	nsubj
6	lasts	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 are	conj
7	till	till	ADP	_	8 midnight	case
8	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lasts	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 wins	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wins	nsubj
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 wins	advmod
12	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lasts	advcl
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 one	det
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wins	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	does	present	You			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	last	present	the day		midnight	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
3	win	present	he	this one	still	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality

Option 3

Nobody, the rules stop at lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 stop	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nobody	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rules	det
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	nsubj
5	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 lunch	case
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Nobody			lunch			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at lunch=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He is, tricks after midday make the trickster the fool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tricks	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tricks	cop
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tricks	punct
4	tricks	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 make	conj
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 midday	case
6	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricks	obl
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trickster	det
9	trickster	trickster	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fool	det
11	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He				after midday	trick property	tree rules
2	make	present		the trickster					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trickster=Product

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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