--- title: Dad: «April Fools, ye eejits!» Is he angry? — April Fools' Day · tree and pragmatics description: Dad: «April Fools, ye eejits!» Is he angry? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 440 «April Fools' Day» 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/440-april-fools-day/t1/) [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/) / [April Fools' Day](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/440-april-fools-day/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · April Fools' Day Dad: «April Fools, ye eejits!» Is he angry? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 440 «April Fools' Day» 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/440-april-fools-day/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad: «April Fools, ye eejits!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t1:1 # text = Dad: «April Fools, ye eejits!» 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 April April PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Fools Fool PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 8 eejits eejit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Is he angry? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t1:2 # text = Is he angry? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He's calling them clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t1:o1:1 # text = He's calling them clever 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present · progressive | He | them *= they* | | | | clever *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, he's teasing them for being fooled ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t1:o2:1 # text = No, he's teasing them for being fooled 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 teasing tease VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 fooled fool VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | present · progressive | he | them *= they* | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **fool** | gerund · passive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP» | ### Option 3 {#o3} He's asking them to leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t1:o3:1 # text = He's asking them to leave 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · progressive | He | | them *= they* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, he's furious and shouting at them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t1:o4:1 # text = Yes, he's furious and shouting at them 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | furious *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | at them *= they* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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