Test 5 · ★ · April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work

On April 1st a website says chocolate is now healthier than broccoli. What is the sensible first thought?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: website, chocolate · What happens: say, be, think · To what, where: April 1st · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: On April 1st a website says chocolate is now healthier than broccoli.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 1st	case
2	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 1st	compound
3	1st	1st	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	6 says	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 website	det
5	website	website	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 healthier	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 healthier	cop
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 healthier	advmod
10	healthier	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 says	ccomp
11	than	than	ADP	_	12 broccoli	case
12	broccoli	broccoli	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 healthier	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a website			April 1st			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	chocolate				now	than broccoli; healthy 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.

Sentence 2: What is the sensible first thought?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 sensible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sensible	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sensible	det
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 thought	advmod
6	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sensible	conj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sensible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						sensible property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	participle						first property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It may be an April Fool joke, so check the date and other sources

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 joke	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 joke	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 joke	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 joke	det
5	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 joke	compound
6	Fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 joke	compound
7	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 check	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 check	advmod
10	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 joke	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 date	det
12	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 check	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sources	cc
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sources	amod
15	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 date	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	may	It	a April Fool joke					tree rules
2	check	infinitive		the date and other sources					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Theme

Option 2

All news on April 1st is true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 news	det
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 true	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 1st	case
4	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 1st	compound
5	1st	1st	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	2 news	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 true	cop
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all news on April 1st					true property	tree rules

Option 3

Only adults need to check news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 adults	advmod
2	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 check	mark
5	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 need	xcomp
6	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	adults						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	check not said to happen	to-infinitive	adults not said here	news					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme

Option 4

It must be true, because news websites are never allowed to print jokes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 allowed	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 allowed	mark
7	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 websites	compound
8	websites	website	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 allowed	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 allowed	aux:pass
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 allowed	advmod
11	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 true	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 print	mark
13	print	print	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 allowed	xcomp
14	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 print	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	must	It		true property	tree rules
2	not allow	present · passive		news websites		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	print not said to happen	to-infinitive	news websites not said here	jokes		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Theme

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