Test 12 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?

put salt in his drink as a prank, he's got allergies tho

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: put, get · To what, where: salt, drink, allergies

This is test 12 · ★★ 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	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 drink	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 drink	nmod:poss
5	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 put	obl
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 prank	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prank	det
8	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 put	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 got	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 got	aux
12	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 put	parataxis
13	allergies	allergy	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 got	obj
14	tho	tho	PUNCT	_	1 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	salt		his drink		as a prank	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent salt=Theme in drink=Destination
2	get	present · passive	he	allergies					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer allergy=Stimulus

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

Salt is fine, it's not a nut, so nothing'll happen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 nut	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 nut	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 nut	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 nut	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 nut	det
9	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 happen	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 happen	advmod
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 happen	nsubj
13	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 happen	aux
14	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Salt		fine property	tree rules
2	not is a	present	Salt	a nut		tree rules
3	happen	future	nothing			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Fine if you tell him straight after he drinks it

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 tell	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	advcl
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 tell	advmod
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 drinks	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drinks	nsubj
9	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drinks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	you		him = he			straight property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	drink	present	he	it					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Fine if he only takes a tiny little sip of it

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 takes	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 takes	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 takes	advmod
5	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sip	det
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sip	amod
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sip	amod
9	sip	sip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sip	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	he	a tiny little sip of sip					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sip=Theme
2	sip			sip					nom sip «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Never trick anyone about food, allergies can kill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 trick	advmod
2	trick	trick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 trick	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 food	case
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 anyone	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 kill	punct
7	allergies	allergy	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 kill	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 kill	aux
9	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 trick	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not trick	imperative	you not said here	anyone				about food	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient
2	kill	can	allergies						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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