--- title: who's the one that makes a fool of March, like a prank? — Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passe… · tree and pragmatics description: who's the one that makes a fool of March, like a prank? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 886 «Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passengers, part 97: a wise man hunts the loveliest rose, then twelve months arrive at the town gate on New Year's Eve» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/886-pg27200-part97/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/886-pg27200-part97/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passengers, part 97: a wi… who's the one that makes a fool of March, like a prank? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** be, make · **To what, where:** one, fool This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 886 «Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passengers, part 97: a wise man hunts the loveliest rose, then twelve months arrive at the town gate on New Year's Eve» of the books 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/886-pg27200-part97/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:886-pg27200-part97:t12:1 # text = who's the one that makes a fool of March, like a prank? 1 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prank prank NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | present | the one | a fool of March | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fool=Product | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} August ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:886-pg27200-part97:t12:o1:1 # text = August 1 August August PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the month who plays jokes on March ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:886-pg27200-part97:t12:o2:1 # text = the month who plays jokes on March 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present | | jokes | | | march; month | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} the jester month who tricks March for fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:886-pg27200-part97:t12:o3:1 # text = the jester month who tricks March for fun 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 jester jester NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 tricks trick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trick** | present | | | | | march; month | for fun | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} April ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:886-pg27200-part97:t12:o4:1 # text = April 1 April April PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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