Exam question 1 · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a harmless prank?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: harmless prank
This is exam question 1 of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?» 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 characterises | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 statements | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 statements | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 statements | amod |
| 5 | statements | statement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obl |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 accurately | advmod |
| 7 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 8 characterises | advmod |
| 8 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 prank | det |
| 10 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 prank | amod |
| 11 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | a harmless prank | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules |
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
Some minor injury is acceptable, provided all laugh later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 injury | det |
| 2 | minor | minor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 injury | amod |
| 3 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 acceptable | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 acceptable | cop |
| 5 | acceptable | acceptable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 provided | punct |
| 7 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 acceptable | parataxis |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 laugh | advmod |
| 9 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 provided | conj |
| 10 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 laugh | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | some minor injury | acceptable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | provide | participle | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 3 | laugh | present | late property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Only the persons carrying out the prank are amused by its outcome
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 persons | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 persons | det |
| 3 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 amused | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | carrying | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 persons | acl |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 carrying | compound:prt |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 prank | det |
| 7 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carrying | obj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 amused | aux:pass |
| 9 | amused | amuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 outcome | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 outcome | nmod:poss |
| 12 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 amused | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry out | gerund | the persons not said here | the prank | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prank=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | amuse | present · passive | prank's outcome | the persons | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Everyone, including the person pranked, laughs and none is harmed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 laughs | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| 3 | including | including | ADP | _ | 5 person | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Everyone | nmod |
| 6 | pranked | prank | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 person | acl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Everyone | punct |
| 8 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 harmed | cc |
| 10 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 12 harmed | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 harmed | aux:pass |
| 12 | harmed | harm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 laughs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prank | participle | the person not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | laugh | present | Everyone | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | harm | present · passive | none | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 4
The person pranked is not informed of the prank afterwards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 informed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | pranked | prank | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 person | acl |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 informed | aux:pass |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 informed | advmod |
| 6 | informed | inform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 prank | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prank | det |
| 9 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 informed | obl |
| 10 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 6 informed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prank | participle | the person not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not inform speech: other | present · passive | the person | of the prank; afterwards property | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of prank=Topic |
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