Exam question 4 · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm

State the principal objection to pranks played upon animals.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: State · What happens: play

This is exam question 4 of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 played	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 objection	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 objection	amod
4	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 played	nsubj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 pranks	case
6	pranks	prank	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 objection	nmod
7	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 animals	case
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 played	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	State					upon animals	vn performance-26.7-1 «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

Such pranks are prohibited only upon farms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pranks	amod
2	pranks	prank	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 farms	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 farms	case
7	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Such pranks				upon farms	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

Animals do not comprehend jokes and become frightened or hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 comprehend	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 comprehend	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 comprehend	advmod
4	comprehend	comprehend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 comprehend	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 become	cc
7	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 comprehend	conj
8	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 comprehend	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 hurt	cc
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 frightened	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not comprehend	present · do-support	Animals	jokes	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus
2	become	infinitive	Animals not said here		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	frighten	participle	Animals not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	hurt	participle	Animals not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Animals object only to pranks played at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 object	compound
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 played	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 played	advmod
4	to	to	SCONJ	_	6 played	mark
5	pranks	prank	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 played	nsubj
6	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 played	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	Animals object				night		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Animals are entitled by law to retaliate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 entitled	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 entitled	aux:pass
3	entitled	entitle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 entitled	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 retaliate	mark
7	retaliate	retaliate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 entitled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entitle	present · passive	law	Animals					tree rules
2	retaliate	to-infinitive	law not said here						vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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