--- title: ad says "only 10 mins left!!" for the toy — Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Foo… · tree and pragmatics description: ad says "only 10 mins left!!" for the toy Test 12 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Foo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad… ad says "only 10 mins left!!" for the toy **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ad · **What happens:** say, leave · **To what, where:** 10 mins · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t12:1 # text = ad says "only 10 mins left!!" for the toy 1 ad ad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 mins minute NOUN NNS Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 !! !! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ad | | | | | for the toy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | participle | | 10 mins *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} It means the toy is rare ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t12:o1:1 # text = It means the toy is rare 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the toy | | | | | rare *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Buy it now or miss out forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t12:o2:1 # text = Buy it now or miss out forever 1 Buy buy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 miss miss VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 forever forever ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | now | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **miss out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | forever *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ask a friend to buy two ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t12:o3:1 # text = Ask a friend to buy two 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a friend | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | two | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It's a trick to rush you, real deals don't vanish ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t12:o4:1 # text = It's a trick to rush you, real deals don't vanish 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 rush rush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 deals deal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 11 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 vanish vanish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a trick | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rush** | to-infinitive | | you | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Agent | | 3 | **not** **vanish** | present · do-support | real deals | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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