--- title: Ava set all the clocks forward. Which is the smartest add-on? — Funny pranks · tree and pragmatics description: Ava set all the clocks forward. Which is the smartest add-on? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 438 «Funny pranks» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/438-funny-pranks/t8/) [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/) / [Funny pranks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/438-funny-pranks/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Funny pranks Ava set all the clocks forward. Which is the smartest add-on? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ava · **What happens:** set, be · **To what, where:** clocks, smartest add This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 438 «Funny pranks» 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/438-funny-pranks/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ava set all the clocks forward. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t8:1 # text = Ava set all the clocks forward. 1 Ava Ava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 forward forward ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | Ava | all clocks | | | | forward *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient clock=Result | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which is the smartest add-on? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t8:2 # text = Which is the smartest add-on? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 smartest smart ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 add add NOUN NN _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 on on ADP IN _ 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the smartest add | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Change the phones too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t8:o1:1 # text = Change the phones too 1 Change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | imperative | you *not said here* | the phones | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Never tell anyone, it's funnier that way ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t8:o2:1 # text = Never tell anyone, it's funnier that way 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 funnier funny ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 parataxis _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | anyone | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | that way *obl:unmarked*; funny *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tell people before it makes them miss something ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t8:o3:1 # text = Tell people before it makes them miss something 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 iobj _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 8 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | present | it | people | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product | | 3 | **miss** | infinitive | | something | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Set them an hour forward next time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t8:o4:1 # text = Set them an hour forward next time 1 Set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 forward forward ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | hour; time | forward *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result | **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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