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title: State the tradition observed in the United Kingdom and Ireland conce… — April Fools' Day and how magic tricks… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the tradition observed in the United Kingdom and Ireland concerning the hour by which April Fool tricks are to be played. Exam question 4 of lesson 279 «April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 4 · April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work

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State the tradition observed in the United Kingdom and Ireland concerning the hour by which April Fool tricks are to be played.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** observe, concern, play · **To what, where:** State tradition, United Kingdom, Fool tricks

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 279 «April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:e4:1
# text = State the tradition observed in the United Kingdom and Ireland concerning the hour by which April Fool tricks are to be played.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	8	flat	_	_
8	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	csubj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	18	det	_	_
16	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	Fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | participle |  | the State tradition *not said here* |  | the United Kingdom and Ireland |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  | hour |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **play** | present · passive |  | which Fool tricks |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Before midday, after which the prankster is deemed the fool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:e4:o1:1
# text = Before midday, after which the prankster is deemed the fool
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prankster	prankster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	deemed	deem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deem** | present · passive |  | the prankster |  |  | before midday |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme fool=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only after sunset, when the day's work is done and families gather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:e4:o2:1
# text = Only after sunset, when the day's work is done and families gather
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	gather	gather	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · passive |  | the day's work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **gather** | present | sunset |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **work** |  | the day |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only at midnight at the start of the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:e4:o3:1
# text = Only at midnight at the start of the day
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** |  |  | the day |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At any hour of the day without distinction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:e4:o4:1
# text = At any hour of the day without distinction
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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