Test 11 · ★ · April Fools' Day
In a cartoon a kid fakes an emergency on April Fools and everyone laughs at the end. What is truer in real life?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, everyone · What happens: fake, laugh, be · To what, where: emergency, cartoon, end, real life
This is test 11 · ★ 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: In a cartoon a kid fakes an emergency on April Fools and everyone laughs at the end.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fakes | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fakes | nsubj |
| 6 | fakes | fake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 emergency | det |
| 8 | emergency | emergency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fakes | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 Fools | case |
| 10 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Fools | compound |
| 11 | Fools | Fool | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 fakes | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 laughs | cc |
| 13 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 14 laughs | nsubj |
| 14 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fakes | conj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 end | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 end | det |
| 17 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 laughs | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 fakes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fake | present | a kid | a emergency | a cartoon | on April Fools | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emergency=Patient | ||
| 2 | laugh | present | everyone | at the end | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What is truer in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 truer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 truer | cop |
| 3 | truer | true | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 truer | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 truer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Faking emergencies frightens people and isn't funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faking | fake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 frightens | csubj |
| 2 | emergencies | emergency | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Faking | obj |
| 3 | frightens | frighten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 frightens | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 funny | cc |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 funny | cop |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 funny | advmod |
| 8 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 frightens | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fake | gerund | emergencies | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emergency=Patient | |||||
| 2 | frighten | present | Faking | people | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | not is | present | Faking not said here | funny property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Everyone always laughs in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 laughs | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 laughs | advmod |
| 3 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 end | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 end | det |
| 6 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | Everyone | in the end | always property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in end=Theme |
Option 3
It's fine on 1 April only, never on other days
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 | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 April | case |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 April | nummod |
| 6 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | obl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 fine | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 days | punct |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 days | advmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 days | case |
| 11 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 days | amod |
| 12 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fine | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | april | fine property | tree rules |
Option 4
Emergencies make the best jokes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emergencies | emergency | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 jokes | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 jokes | amod |
| 5 | jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Emergencies | the best jokes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product |
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