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title: Jade's brother stood through dinner because of the «wet paint» sign.… — April Fools' Day · tree and pragmatics
description: Jade's brother stood through dinner because of the «wet paint» sign. What simple check would have saved him? Test 8 · ★ 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 wron
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# Test 8 · ★ · April Fools' Day

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Jade's brother stood through dinner because of the «wet paint» sign. What simple check would have saved him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother · **What happens:** stand, save · **To what, where:** dinner, brother

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jade's brother stood through dinner because of the «wet paint» sign.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t8:1
# text = Jade's brother stood through dinner because of the «wet paint» sign.
1	Jade	Jade	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | Jade's brother |  |  | dinner |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through dinner=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What simple check would have saved him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t8:2
# text = What simple check would have saved him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	check	check	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | would · perfect · passive |  | brother |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Reading the sign twice, slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t8:o1:1
# text = Reading the sign twice, slowly
1	Reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | the sign |  |  |  | slowly, twice *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Calling a painter to come and check it for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t8:o2:1
# text = Calling a painter to come and check it for him
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	painter	painter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | a painter |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent painter=Recipient |
| 2 | **come** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **check** | infinitive |  | painter |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme for he=Attribute |

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

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Touching or looking at the chair — no smell, no wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t8:o3:1
# text = Touching or looking at the chair — no smell, no wet
1	Touching	touch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the chair | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at chair=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Asking Jade if it's true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t8:o4:1
# text = Asking Jade if it's true
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	Jade	Jade	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | Jade |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jade=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

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