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title: What would have happened if Sam had joked «Mr Hughes is wearing odd… — April Fools' Day · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if Sam had joked «Mr Hughes is wearing odd socks» instead? Test 7 · ★ 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.
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# Test 7 · ★ · April Fools' Day

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What would have happened if Sam had joked «Mr Hughes is wearing odd socks» instead?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mr · **What happens:** happen, joke, wear · **To what, where:** Sam, odd socks · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t7:1
# text = What would have happened if Sam had joked «Mr Hughes is wearing odd socks» instead?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	joked	joke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	Hughes	Hughes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
14	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
17	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **joke** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | Sam |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wear** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Mr | odd socks |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sock=Theme |

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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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A girl would still have cried

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t7:o1:1
# text = A girl would still have cried
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	cried	cry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | would · perfect · passive |  | a girl |  |  | still |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Mr Hughes would leave the school for good, just like the joke said

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t7:o2:1
# text = Mr Hughes would leave the school for good, just like the joke said
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Hughes	Hughes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | would | Mr | the school |  |  |  | for good | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent school=Theme for good=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the joke |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The class would be punished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t7:o3:1
# text = The class would be punished
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | would · passive |  | the class |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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People could laugh with nobody sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t7:o4:1
# text = People could laugh with nobody sad
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obl	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | could | People |  |  |  |  | with nobody; sad *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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