Test 9 · ★ · April Fools' Day

«FREE iPhones at the mall, first 100!!» Friend says it's a joke, but people drove there. What's the lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Friend, people, lesson · What happens: say, be, drive · To what, where: joke · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: «FREE iPhones at the mall, first 100!!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 iPhones	punct
2	FREE	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 iPhones	amod
3	iPhones	iphone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 mall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mall	det
6	mall	mall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 iPhones	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 100	punct
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 100	advmod
9	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 iPhones	appos
10	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	3 iPhones	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 iPhones	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Friend says it's a joke, but people drove there.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 joke	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 joke	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 joke	det
6	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 drove	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 drove	cc
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 drove	nsubj
10	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 drove	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Friend	a joke		tree rules
3	drive	past	people		there	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What's the lesson?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lesson	det
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the lesson						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Even jokes can act like scams — don't share what you're not sure of

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	2 jokes	advmod
2	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 act	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 act	aux
4	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 scams	case
6	scams	scam	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 act	obl
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 share	punct
8	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 share	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 share	advmod
10	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 act	conj
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 sure	nsubj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 sure	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sure	cop
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 sure	advmod
15	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 share	ccomp
16	of	of	ADP	_	15 sure	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	act	can	jokes	like scams	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like scam=Attribute
2	not share	infinitive · do-support	jokes not said here		tree rules
3	not is	present		sure property	tree rules

Option 2

Only people who drove are silly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 people	advmod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 silly	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 drove	nsubj
4	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 people	acl:relcl
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 silly	cop
6	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	past	people						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	people					silly property	tree rules

Option 3

Jokes never hurt anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hurt	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 hurt	advmod
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hurt	past	Jokes	anyone					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient

Option 4

Malls always give free iPhones on 1 April to the first hundred people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Malls	mall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 give	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 give	advmod
3	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 iPhones	amod
5	iPhones	iphone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 give	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 April	case
7	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 April	nummod
8	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 give	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 people	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 people	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 people	amod
12	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 people	nummod
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Malls	free iPhones	the first hundred people		april	always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent iphone=Theme to people=Recipient

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