Exam question 2 · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?

Identify the principal reason for which jokes concerning bombs or weapons are prohibited in public places.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal reason · What happens: identify, joke, prohibit · To what, where: principal reason, concerning bombs, public places · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 203 «Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 jokes	nsubj
7	jokes	joke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
8	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bombs	amod
9	bombs	bomb	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 prohibited	nsubj:pass
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 weapons	cc
11	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bombs	conj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 prohibited	aux:pass
13	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 jokes	ccomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 places	case
15	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 places	amod
16	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 prohibited	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	joke speech: other	present	the principal reason			tree rules
3	prohibit	present · passive		concerning bombs or weapons	public places	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They may cause alarm, searches and serious consequences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cause	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	aux
3	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 searches	punct
6	searches	search	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 alarm	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 consequences	cc
8	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 consequences	amod
9	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 searches	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	may	They	alarm and searches and serious consequences					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition alarm=Patient

Option 2

They are seldom considered amusing by adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 considered	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 considered	aux:pass
3	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	4 considered	advmod
4	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	amusing	amusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 considered	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 adults	case
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 considered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consider	present · passive	adults	They				amusing, seldom property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent subject=Attribute

Option 3

They are prohibited solely in schools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 prohibited	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 schools	case
6	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		They		schools		solely property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

They are permissible only on aeroplanes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permissible	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 aeroplanes	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 aeroplanes	case
6	aeroplanes	aeroplane	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permissible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			aeroplanes		permissible property	tree rules

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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