Test 1 · ★ · April Fools' Day
Dad: «April Fools, ye eejits!» Is he angry?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: be
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 440 «April Fools' Day» 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: Dad: «April Fools, ye eejits!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 eejits | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 Fools | punct |
| 4 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Fools | compound |
| 5 | Fools | Fool | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 eejits | vocative |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Fools | punct |
| 7 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 Fools | nsubj |
| 8 | eejits | eejit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Dad | appos |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 eejits | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 eejits | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Is he angry?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 angry | nsubj |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 angry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | angry property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's calling them clever
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 calling | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 calling | aux |
| 3 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 calling | obj |
| 5 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 calling | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present · progressive | He | them = they | clever property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, he's teasing them for being fooled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 teasing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 teasing | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 teasing | aux |
| 5 | teasing | tease | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 teasing | obj |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 fooled | mark |
| 8 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 fooled | aux:pass |
| 9 | fooled | fool | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 teasing | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tease | present · progressive | he | them = they | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 2 | fool | gerund · passive | he not said here | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP» |
Option 3
He's asking them to leave
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 asking | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 asking | aux |
| 3 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 asking | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 leave | mark |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asking | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · progressive | He | them = they | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, he's furious and shouting at them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 furious | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 furious | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 furious | cop |
| 5 | furious | furious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 shouting | cc |
| 7 | shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 furious | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 them | case |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 shouting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | furious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | gerund | he not said here | at them = they | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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