Test 4 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm? Ben's prank makes his little sister cry. Ben says, «But it's only a joke!» What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: prank, Ben, cry · What happens: make, cry, say, be · To what, where: little sister cry, joke · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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 Sentence 1: Ben's prank makes his little sister cry.
nmod:poss case nsubj nmod:poss amod compound obj punct root Ben PROPN 's PART prank NOUN makes VERB his PRON little ADJ sister NOUN cry NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 3 prank nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ben case 3 prank prank NOUN Number=Sing 4 makes nsubj 4 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 cry nmod:poss 6 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 8 cry amod 7 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 8 cry compound 8 cry cry NOUN Number=Sing 4 makes obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 makes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present Ben's prank prank's little sister cry vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cry=Product 2 cry prank nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=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.
Sentence 2: Ben says, «But it's only a joke!»
nsubj punct punct cc nsubj cop advmod det ccomp punct punct root Ben PROPN says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT But CCONJ it PRON 's AUX only ADV a DET joke NOUN ! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 says punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 10 joke punct 5 But but CCONJ _ 10 joke cc 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 joke nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 joke cop 8 only only ADV _ 10 joke advmod 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 joke det 10 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 2 says ccomp 11 ! ! PUNCT _ 10 joke punct 12 » » PUNCT _ 10 joke punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: express present Ben vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present cry a joke tree rules
Sentence 3: What is true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer A prank that hurts someone is no longer a joke
det nsubj nsubj acl:relcl obj cop advmod advmod det root A DET prank NOUN that PRON hurts VERB someone PRON is AUX no ADV longer ADV a DET joke NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 prank det 2 prank prank NOUN Number=Sing 10 joke nsubj 3 that that PRON PronType=Rel 4 hurts nsubj 4 hurts hurt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 prank acl:relcl 5 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 hurts obj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 joke cop 7 no no ADV _ 8 longer advmod 8 longer long ADV Degree=Cmp 10 joke advmod 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 joke det 10 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hurt present a prank someone vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient 2 is a present a prank a joke long property tree rules
Option 2 Crying shows she found it funny
nsubj nsubj ccomp obj xcomp root Crying VERB shows VERB she PRON found VERB it PRON funny ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Crying cry VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 shows nsubj 2 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 found nsubj 4 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 shows ccomp 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 found obj 6 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 4 found xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cry speech: express gerund vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 show present vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 find past she it funny property vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
Option 3 His sister should learn to take a joke
nmod:poss nsubj aux mark xcomp det obj root His PRON sister NOUN should AUX learn VERB to PART take VERB a DET joke NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 sister nmod:poss 2 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 4 learn nsubj 3 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 learn aux 4 learn learn VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 to to PART _ 6 take mark 6 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 learn xcomp 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 joke det 8 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 6 take obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 learn should His sister vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 take to-infinitive His sister not said here a joke vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Theme
Option 4 It is still a joke because Ben meant it as one
nsubj cop advmod det mark nsubj advcl obj case obl root It PRON is AUX still ADV a DET joke NOUN because SCONJ Ben PROPN meant VERB it PRON as ADP one NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 joke nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 joke cop 3 still still ADV _ 5 joke advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 joke det 5 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 because because SCONJ _ 8 meant mark 7 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 8 meant nsubj 8 meant mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 joke advcl 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 meant obj 10 as as ADP _ 11 one case 11 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 meant obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a joke still tree rules 2 mean past Ben joke as one vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Topic as one=Attribute
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