Test 12 · ★ · April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work

told my nan i was lost as a joke n she cried

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: she · What happens: tell, lose, cry · To what, where: nan, i, joke n · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ 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	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nan	nmod:poss
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 told	iobj
4	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 lost	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	aux:pass
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 told	ccomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 n	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 n	det
9	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 n	compound
10	n	n	NOUN	_	6 lost	obl
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cried	nsubj
12	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 n	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past			my nan		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent nan=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lose	past · passive		i		as a joke n	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	cry speech: express	past	she	a joke n not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent n=Topic

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

Tell her it was your brother's idea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 idea	expl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 idea	cop
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brother	nmod:poss
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 idea	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 brother	case
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is a	past		your brother's idea					tree rules

Option 2

Say «April Fool» next year instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Fool	punct
3	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Fool	compound
4	Fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 Fool	punct
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 year	amod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	obl:unmarked
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	April Fool			year	instead property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fool=Topic

Option 3

Keep it going, she'll laugh about it later when she finds out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 laugh	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 laugh	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 laugh	aux
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Keep	conj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 laugh	obl
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 laugh	advmod
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 finds	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 finds	nsubj
13	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 laugh	advcl
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 finds	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it		tree rules
2	go	gerund				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	laugh	future	she		about it; late property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	find out	present	she			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Say sorry and tell the truth straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 truth	det
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	4 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	imperative	you not said here					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	the truth				away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

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