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title: «FREE iPhones at the mall, first 100!!» Friend says it's a joke, but… — April Fools' Day · tree and pragmatics
description: «FREE iPhones at the mall, first 100!!» Friend says it's a joke, but people drove there. What's the lesson? Test 9 · ★ 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 right
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# Test 9 · ★ · April Fools' Day

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«FREE iPhones at the mall, first 100!!» Friend says it's a joke, but people drove there. What's the lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Friend, people, lesson · **What happens:** say, be, drive · **To what, where:** joke · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «FREE iPhones at the mall, first 100!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t9:1
# text = «FREE iPhones at the mall, first 100!!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	FREE	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	iPhones	iphone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mall	mall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
9	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Friend says it's a joke, but people drove there.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t9:2
# text = Friend says it's a joke, but people drove there.
1	Friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Friend | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **drive** | past | people |  |  | there |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the lesson?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t9:3
# text = What's the lesson?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Even jokes can act like scams — don't share what you're not sure of

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t9:o1:1
# text = Even jokes can act like scams — don't share what you're not sure of
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	act	act	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	scams	scam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	ccomp	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | can | jokes |  |  |  |  | like scams | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like scam=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **share** | infinitive · do-support | jokes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only people who drove are silly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t9:o2:1
# text = Only people who drove are silly
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | people |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jokes never hurt anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t9:o3:1
# text = Jokes never hurt anyone
1	Jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hurt** | past | Jokes | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Malls always give free iPhones on 1 April to the first hundred people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:t9:o4:1
# text = Malls always give free iPhones on 1 April to the first hundred people
1	Malls	mall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	iPhones	iphone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
12	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Malls | free iPhones | the first hundred people |  | april | always *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent iphone=Theme to people=Recipient |

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