Test 12 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

my bro thinks prank calling 999 is funny, is it tho

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro, prank, 999 · What happens: think, call, be · To what, where: prank · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bro	nmod:poss
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinks	nsubj
3	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinks	obj
5	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 prank	acl
6	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 funny	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 funny	cop
8	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 calling	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 it	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 it	cop
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thinks	conj
12	tho	tho	PUNCT	_	3 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	my bro	prank		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot prank=Theme
2	call	gerund	prank not said here			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	999		funny property	tree rules
4	is a	present	my bro not said here	prank		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

Only if he hangs up really fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 hangs	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 hangs	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hangs	nsubj
4	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 hangs	compound:prt
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 hangs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang up	present	he					fast property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it blocks help for real emergencies and it's illegal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 blocks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 blocks	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blocks	nsubj
4	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blocks	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 emergencies	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 emergencies	amod
8	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 help	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 illegal	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 illegal	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 illegal	cop
12	illegal	illegal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 blocks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	present	it	help				for real emergencies	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer help=Theme
2	is	present	help					illegal property	tree rules

Option 3

Only if he calls from a friend's phone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 calls	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 calls	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 calls	nsubj
4	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 phone	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 phone	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 friend	case
9	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	he			a friend's phone			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from phone=Source

Option 4

Yes, the operators enjoy a laugh too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 enjoy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 operators	det
4	operators	operator	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 enjoy	nsubj
5	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 laugh	det
7	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enjoy	obj
8	too	too	ADV	_	5 enjoy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enjoy	present	the operators	a laugh					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer laugh=Stimulus

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