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title: Kai: "That's so sus, Dad." Dad: "Roosters are boys, Kai." What was t… — Trick questions that catch quick think… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai: "That's so sus, Dad." Dad: "Roosters are boys, Kai." What was the trap? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» of the world 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 5 · ★ · Trick questions that catch quick thinkers

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Kai: "That's so sus, Dad." Dad: "Roosters are boys, Kai." What was the trap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kai, Roosters, trap · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** boys

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» of the world 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/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai: "That's so sus, Dad."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t5:1
# text = Kai: "That's so sus, Dad."
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Kai |  |  |  |  | Dad *vocative*; suspect *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Dad: "Roosters are boys, Kai."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t5:2
# text = Dad: "Roosters are boys, Kai."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Roosters	rooster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Roosters | boys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What was the trap?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t5:3
# text = What was the trap?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trap	trap	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** | past | the trap |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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The question had a false idea built into it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t5:o1:1
# text = The question had a false idea built into it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|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 | **have** | past | the question | a false idea |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |
| 2 | **build** | participle |  | a false idea *not said here* |  | question |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The roof wasn't pointy enough for an egg to roll

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t5:o2:1
# text = The roof wasn't pointy enough for an egg to roll
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	pointy	pointy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	roll	roll	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | the roof |  |  |  |  | for a egg; enough, pointy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **roll** | to-infinitive | the roof *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The wind was blowing the wrong way for the egg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t5:o3:1
# text = The wind was blowing the wrong way for the egg
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past · progressive | the wind | the wrong way |  |  |  | for the egg | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent way=Product for egg=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hens are the ones that lay eggs on pointy roofs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t5:o4:1
# text = Hens are the ones that lay eggs on pointy roofs
1	Hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	pointy	pointy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	roofs	roof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Hens | the ones |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lay** | present | the ones | eggs |  | pointy roofs |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme on roof=Destination |

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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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