Test 12 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

ad says "only 10 mins left!!" for the toy

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ad · What happens: say, leave · To what, where: 10 mins · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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	ad	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 mins	punct
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 10	advmod
5	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 mins	nummod
6	mins	minute	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	2 says	ccomp
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 mins	acl
8	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	7 left	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 mins	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 toy	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 toy	det
12	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	ad					for the toy	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	leave in a quote	participle		10 mins not said here					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It means the toy is rare

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toy	det
4	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rare	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rare	cop
6	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the toy					rare property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Buy it now or miss out forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Buy	obj
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Buy	advmod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 miss	cc
5	miss	miss	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Buy	conj
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 miss	compound:prt
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 miss	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here	it			now		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	miss out	infinitive	you not said here					forever property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Ask a friend to buy two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 buy	mark
5	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		a friend				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic
2	buy not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	two					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It's a trick to rush you, real deals don't vanish

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 trick	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trick	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trick	det
4	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 rush	mark
6	rush	rush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 trick	acl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 rush	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 vanish	punct
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 deals	amod
10	deals	deal	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 vanish	nsubj
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 vanish	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 vanish	advmod
13	vanish	vanish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 trick	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a trick	tree rules
2	rush	to-infinitive		you	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Agent
3	not vanish	present · do-support	real deals		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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