Test 3 · ★ · April Fools' Day
Kid: «gonna text mum I fell off my bike, then April Fools lol». Good idea?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kid text mum · What happens: fall off · To what, where: bike
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Kid: «gonna text mum I fell off my bike, then April Fools lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mum | compound |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| 4 | gonna | gonna | X | _ | 5 text | compound |
| 5 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mum | compound |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fell | nsubj |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 fell | nsubj |
| 8 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 fell | compound:prt |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 bike | nmod:poss |
| 11 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fell | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Fools | punct |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 Fools | advmod |
| 14 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Fools | compound |
| 15 | Fools | Fool | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 fell | obl |
| 16 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 15 Fools | discourse |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 Fools | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 fell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall off in a quote | past | Kid text mum | my bike | April Fools obl | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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: Good idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 idea | amod |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 idea | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No — never fake an injury, it terrifies people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 — | det |
| 2 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 fake | punct |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 fake | advmod |
| 4 | fake | fake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 injury | det |
| 6 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fake | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 terrifies | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 terrifies | nsubj |
| 9 | terrifies | terrify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fake | parataxis |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 terrifies | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not fake | imperative | you not said here | a injury | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Patient | ||||
| 2 | terrify | present | injury | people | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |
Option 2
Only if Dad's home too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 home | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 home | mark |
| 3 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 home | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Dad | case |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 home | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it's the funniest joke there is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 joke | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 joke | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 joke | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 joke | det |
| 6 | funniest | funny | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 joke | amod |
| 7 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 9 is | expl |
| 9 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 joke | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the funniest joke | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | present | the funniest joke not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, as long as you say «April Fools» fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 long | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 long | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 say | nsubj |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | advcl |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 Fools | punct |
| 9 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Fools | compound |
| 10 | Fools | Fool | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 say | obj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 Fools | punct |
| 12 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | you | April Fools | fast property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fool=Topic |
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