Test 15 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…
lets scare the dog with a firework for a video
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: scare · To what, where: dog
This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 scare | aux |
| 2 | scare | scare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 scare | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 firework | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 firework | det |
| 7 | firework | firework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 scare | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 video | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 video | det |
| 10 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 firework | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare | present | the dog | with a firework for a 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 · ✓ the right answer
No, animals get terrified and can be hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 3 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | terrified | terrified | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 hurt | cc |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 hurt | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 hurt | aux:pass |
| 9 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 get | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | animals | terrified property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | hurt | can · passive | animals not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
Option 2
Yes, if it's only a small firework and you're quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 firework | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 firework | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 firework | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 firework | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 firework | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 firework | det |
| 8 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 firework | amod |
| 9 | firework | firework | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 quick | cc |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 quick | nsubj |
| 12 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 quick | cop |
| 13 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 firework | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a small firework | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | you | quick property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if you hold the dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 hold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hold | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 hold | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 hold | nsubj |
| 5 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dog | det |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hold | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | you | the dog | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, it's funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 funny | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 funny | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 funny | cop |
| 5 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | funny property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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