Test 16 · ★ · April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work

my trick made my nan cry

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: trick, my · What happens: make, cry, trick · To what, where: trick

This is test 16 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 trick	nmod:poss
2	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 nan	nmod:poss
5	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
6	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	participle · passive		my trick	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	infinitive	my trick not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	trick		my		nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

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

Option 2

Wait until tomorrow to explain it all to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	ADP	_	3 tomorrow	case
3	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 explain	mark
5	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 explain	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 it	det
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 explain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				tomorrow		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive	you not said here	it	her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to she=Recipient

Option 3

Do another funny trick to cheer her up again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 trick	det
3	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trick	amod
4	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cheer	mark
6	cheer	cheer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Do	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cheer	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 cheer	compound:prt
9	again	again	ADV	_	6 cheer	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	another funny trick					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality
2	cheer up	to-infinitive	you not said here	her = she			again		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4

Laugh so she sees it was only a joke and joins in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	4 sees	advmod
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sees	nsubj
4	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Laugh	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 joke	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 joke	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 joke	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 joke	det
9	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 joins	cc
11	joins	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sees	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	11 joins	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	present	she		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	past	it	a joke	tree rules
4	join in	present	she not said here		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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