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title: A toy robot on TV dances and talks. At home, it only rolls forward.… — Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, h… · tree and pragmatics
description: A toy robot on TV dances and talks. At home, it only rolls forward. Why did this happen? Test 9 · ★★ 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 ques
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and to…

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A toy robot on TV dances and talks. At home, it only rolls forward. Why did this happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** home, this · **What happens:** roll forward, happen · **To what, where:** home

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A toy robot on TV dances and talks.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t9:1
# text = A toy robot on TV dances and talks.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dances	dance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	talks	talk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* At home, it only rolls forward.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t9:2
# text = At home, it only rolls forward.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	rolls	roll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll forward** | present | home |  |  | home |  | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Trajectory |

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*Sentence 3:* Why did this happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t9:3
# text = Why did this happen?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The toy was broken in the shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t9:o1:1
# text = The toy was broken in the shop
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past · passive |  | the toy |  | the shop |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The TV made the robot better while it was being filmed in the studio

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t9:o2:1
# text = The TV made the robot better while it was being filmed in the studio
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	filmed	film	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	studio	studio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the TV | the robot |  |  |  | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset robot=Product |
| 2 | **film** | past · passive |  | TV |  | the studio |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in studio=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The advert showed it at its best, sometimes with effects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t9:o3:1
# text = The advert showed it at its best, sometimes with effects
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	effects	effect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the advert | it |  | advert's best |  | with effects | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Robots forget their dances at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t9:o4:1
# text = Robots forget their dances at home
1	Robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dances	dance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | Robots | Robots's dances |  | home |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dance** |  | Robots *= robot* |  |  |  |  |  | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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