Test 10 · ★ · Lies that do real harm

my mate wants to prank call 999 lol

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: want, prank, call · To what, where: 999 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 197 «Lies that do real harm» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 prank	mark
5	prank	prank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 prank	xcomp
7	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 call	obj
8	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 wants	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	present	my mate		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	prank not said to happen	to-infinitive	my mate not said here		tree rules
3	call	infinitive	my mate not said here	999	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient

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

Option 1

Fine if you say your real name and tell them it's only a joke at the end

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 say	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	advcl
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 name	nmod:poss
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 name	amod
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tell	cc
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tell	iobj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 joke	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 joke	cop
13	only	only	ADV	_	15 joke	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 joke	det
15	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	ccomp
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 end	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 end	det
18	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 joke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	you	your real name			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		them = they		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
3	is a	present	name	a joke		at the end	tree rules
4	name		your				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it takes help from people who need it, and it's against the law

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 takes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 takes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 people	case
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 help	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 need	nsubj
9	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 people	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 need	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 law	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 law	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 law	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 law	cop
15	against	against	ADP	_	17 law	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 law	det
17	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	present	it	help	from people	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent help=Theme from people=Initial_Location
2	need	present	people	help		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
3	is	present	help		against the law	tree rules

Option 3

Fine if you hang up fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 hang	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hang	nsubj
4	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	advcl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 hang	compound:prt
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 hang	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang up	present	you					fast property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Fine if it's for a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 joke	mark
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 joke	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 joke	cop
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 joke	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 joke	det
7	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					for a joke	tree rules

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