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title: my cousin says a magician at a party "swallowed a real sword and nea… — April Fools' Day and how magic tricks… · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says a magician at a party "swallowed a real sword and nearly died, blood everywhere". what's prob exaggerated Test 18 · ★ 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
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# Test 18 · ★ · April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work

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my cousin says a magician at a party "swallowed a real sword and nearly died, blood everywhere". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, magician · **What happens:** say, swallow, die, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** real sword, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:t18:1
# text = my cousin says a magician at a party "swallowed a real sword and nearly died, blood everywhere". what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
22	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
25	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **swallow** *in a quote* | past | a magician at a party | a real sword |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient |
| 3 | **die** *in a quote* | past | a magician at a party *not said here* |  |  |  |  | everywhere, nearly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | 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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That magicians do tricks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:t18:o1:1
# text = That magicians do tricks
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	magicians	magician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | that magicians | tricks |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The blood and nearly dying; still, never copy tricks with blades

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:t18:o2:1
# text = The blood and nearly dying; still, never copy tricks with blades
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	blades	blade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | gerund | the blood *not said here* |  |  |  |  | nearly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **copy** | infinitive | the blood | tricks |  |  | still | with blades | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That trained performers use special equipment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:t18:o3:1
# text = That trained performers use special equipment
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	performers	performer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	equipment	equipment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **performer** |  | That |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | present | trained performers | special equipment |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equipment=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That sword tricks need training

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks:t18:o4:1
# text = That sword tricks need training
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | sword tricks | training |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot training=Theme |

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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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