--- title: april fool, tell my teacher my mum's in hospital — Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, h… · tree and pragmatics description: april fool, tell my teacher my mum's in hospital Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 334 «Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and too-good-to-be-true offers» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers/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/) / [Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, h…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and to… april fool, tell my teacher my mum's in hospital **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** april fool, mum · **What happens:** tell, be · **To what, where:** teacher, hospital · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 334 «Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and too-good-to-be-true offers» 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/334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t12:1 # text = april fool, tell my teacher my mum's in hospital 1 april april NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 hospital hospital NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | april fool | | my teacher | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | my mum | | | hospital | | | tree rules | 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} It's fine if mum agrees ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t12:o1:1 # text = It's fine if mum agrees 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 agrees agree VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | mum | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's fine if you say it fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t12:o2:1 # text = It's fine if you say it fast 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | it | | | | fast *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Never pretend someone's hurt; it scares people ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t12:o3:1 # text = Never pretend someone's hurt; it scares people 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 pretend pretend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 scares scare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* | someone | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hurt** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **scare** | present | it | people | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} It's fine, it's April Fools, everyone knows it's a joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t12:o4:1 # text = It's fine, it's April Fools, everyone knows it's a joke 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 April April PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Fools Fool PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 11 nsubj _ _ 11 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | | April Fools | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | present | everyone | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | present | it | a joke | | | | | tree rules | **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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