Test 4 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…
A boy in Ireland reads on April 1st that the school year will end in March from now on. What is the most likely truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, school year, likely truth · What happens: read, end, be · To what, where: April 1st
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A boy in Ireland reads on April 1st that the school year will end in March from now on.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reads | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Ireland | case |
| 4 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 1st | case |
| 7 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 1st | compound |
| 8 | 1st | 1st | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 5 reads | obl |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 end | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 year | det |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 year | compound |
| 12 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 end | nsubj |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 end | aux |
| 14 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 reads | advcl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 March | case |
| 16 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 end | obl |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 now | case |
| 18 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 end | advmod |
| 19 | on | on | ADV | _ | 18 now | fixed |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 reads | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | a boy in Ireland | April 1st | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | end | future | the school year | march | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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 most likely truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 truth | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 truth | amod |
| 6 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the likely truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Schools have changed their minds overnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 changed | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 changed | aux |
| 3 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 minds | nmod:poss |
| 5 | minds | mind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 changed | obj |
| 6 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 3 changed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present · perfect | Schools | Schools's minds | overnight property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | |||
| 2 | mind | Schools = school | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is probably an April Fools' story
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 | 8 story | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 story | cop |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 8 story | advmod |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 Fools | det |
| 5 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Fools | compound |
| 6 | Fools | Fool | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 story | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 6 Fools | case |
| 8 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a April Fools's story | probably property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He should stop doing homework at once
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 | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 homework | amod |
| 5 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stop | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | should | He | doing homework | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector homework=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | do | gerund | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
News on April 1st is always extra true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | News | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 true | nsubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 1st | case |
| 3 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 1st | compound |
| 4 | 1st | 1st | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 1 News | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 true | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 true | advmod |
| 7 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 true | amod |
| 8 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | News on April 1st | always, true property | tree rules |
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