Test 10 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?

gonna pull his chair away when he sits lol

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: pull away, sit · To what, where: chair

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or 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	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	2 pull	dep
2	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 chair	nmod:poss
4	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pull	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 pull	advmod
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 sits	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sits	nsubj
8	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pull	advcl
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 pull	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull away	imperative	you not said here	his chair				away property	tree rules
2	sit	present	he						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 he laughs about it after, no harm done

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 laughs	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughs	nsubj
4	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	parataxis
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughs	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	4 laughs	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 harm	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 harm	det
10	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fine	parataxis
11	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 harm	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh after	present	he					about it	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	participle		no harm not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Fine if there's a soft carpet under the chair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 carpet	amod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 's	mark
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 's	expl
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 carpet	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 carpet	det
6	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 carpet	amod
7	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 chair	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 chair	det
10	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carpet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a Fine soft carpet		the chair			tree rules

Option 3

Fine if you're quick enough to catch him

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	_	5 quick	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 quick	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 quick	cop
5	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Fine	advcl
6	enough	enough	ADV	_	5 quick	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 catch	mark
8	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 quick	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					enough, quick property	tree rules
2	catch	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, he could fall and hurt his back or head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 fall	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fall	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fall	aux
5	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hurt	cc
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fall	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 back	nmod:poss
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hurt	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 head	cc
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 back	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	could	he						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hurt	infinitive	he not said here	his back or head					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer back=Patient

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