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title: its 3pm april 1 n my cousin in dublin just pranked me. who's the fool — April Fools' Day and how magic tricks… · tree and pragmatics
description: its 3pm april 1 n my cousin in dublin just pranked me. who's the fool Test 10 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work

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its 3pm april 1 n my cousin in dublin just pranked me. who's the fool

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pm april · **What happens:** prank, be · **To what, where:** me, fool

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 279 «April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:t10:1
# text = its 3pm april 1 n my cousin in dublin just pranked me. who's the fool
1	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	april	april	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	n	n	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dublin	dublin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	pranked	prank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prank** | past | its pm april n my cousin in dublin | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the fool |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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You both are, after noon it's a draw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:t10:o1:1
# text = You both are, after noon it's a draw
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	draw	draw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | You |  |  |  | after noon and a draw |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a draw |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You are, the day lasts till midnight so he still wins this one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:t10:o2:1
# text = You are, the day lasts till midnight so he still wins this one
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	till	till	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
13	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **last** | present | the day |  |  |  | midnight |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **win** | present | he | this one |  |  | still |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nobody, the rules stop at lunch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:t10:o3:1
# text = Nobody, the rules stop at lunch
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Nobody |  |  | lunch |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at lunch=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He is, tricks after midday make the trickster the fool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:t10:o4:1
# text = He is, tricks after midday make the trickster the fool
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	tricks	trick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trickster	trickster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  | after midday | trick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | the trickster |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trickster=Product |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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