Test 8 · ★ · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm
Why should you never scare a dog for a prank video?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: not scare · To what, where: dog
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 scare | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 scare | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 scare | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 scare | advmod |
| 5 | scare | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dog | det |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scare | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 video | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 video | det |
| 10 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 video | compound |
| 11 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scare | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 scare | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not scare | should | you | a dog | for a prank video | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer |
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
It ruins the video lighting
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 | 2 ruins | nsubj |
| 2 | ruins | ruin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lighting | det |
| 4 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lighting | compound |
| 5 | lighting | lighting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ruins | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ruin | present | It | the video lighting | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument lighting=Patient |
Option 2
Only cats get scared, dogs enjoy a surprise and a loud noise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 cats | advmod |
| 2 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 enjoy | punct |
| 6 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 enjoy | nsubj |
| 7 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 surprise | det |
| 9 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 enjoy | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 noise | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 noise | det |
| 12 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 noise | amod |
| 13 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 surprise | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | cats | scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | enjoy | present | dogs | a surprise and a loud noise | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer surprise=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Dogs always find it funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 find | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 find | advmod |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 find | obj |
| 5 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 find | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | Dogs | it | always, funny property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The dog does not understand jokes and gets frightened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 understand | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 understand | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 understand | advmod |
| 5 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 understand | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 gets | cc |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 understand | conj |
| 9 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not understand | present · do-support | the dog | jokes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | get | present | the dog not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | frighten | participle | the dog not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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