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# Exam question 3 · April Fools' Day

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the feigning of an injury by way of an April Fools' jest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** April Fools · **What happens:** follow, characteris, feign, jest · **To what, where:** feigning, injury

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 440 «April Fools' Day» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/440-april-fools-day/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the feigning of an injury by way of an April Fools' jest?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	feigning	feigning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
18	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Fools	Fool	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	'	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	jest	jest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the feigning of a injury |  |  |  | of the following statements; by way of April Fools's jest; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **feign** |  |  | a injury |  |  |  |  | nom feigning «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **jest** |  | April Fools |  |  |  |  |  | nom jest «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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It is harmless if subsequently disclosed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:e3:o1:1
# text = It is harmless if subsequently disclosed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	disclosed	disclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **disclose** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is permissible prior to midday, in accordance with tradition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:e3:o2:1
# text = It is permissible prior to midday, in accordance with tradition
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | prior permissible midday | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is the most suitable form of jest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:e3:o3:1
# text = It is the most suitable form of jest
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	jest	jest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the suitable form |  |  |  | of jest | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is unsuitable, occasioning fear in those who care for the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:e3:o4:1
# text = It is unsuitable, occasioning fear in those who care for the child
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unsuitable	unsuitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	occasioning	occasion	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	care	care	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | unsuitable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **occasion** | gerund |  | fear |  | those |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **care** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for the child | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for child=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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