Test 17 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

did u hear some boy pulled a chair away as a joke and the girl "landed on her back and couldn't move for an hour". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, boy, girl · What happens: hear, pull away, land, not move · To what, where: chair, joke, back, lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulled	nsubj
6	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 chair	det
8	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulled	obj
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 pulled	advmod
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 joke	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 joke	det
12	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulled	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 girl	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 girl	det
15	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 landed	nsubj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 girl	punct
17	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 joke	acl:relcl
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 back	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 back	nmod:poss
20	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 landed	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 move	cc
22	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 move	aux
23	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 move	advmod
24	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hear	conj
25	for	for	ADP	_	27 hour	case
26	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 hour	det
27	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 move	obl
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 hour	punct
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	30 lesson	punct
30	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 move	obl
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	pull away	past	some boy	a chair			as a joke; away property	tree rules
3	land in a quote	past	the girl	a joke not said here	girl's back			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent joke=Theme on back=Destination
4	not move in a quote	could	u not said here	lesson		hour		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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

Never pull chairs or trip people as a joke; it causes injuries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 pull	advmod
2	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pull	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 trip	cc
5	trip	trip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pull	conj
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 trip	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 joke	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 joke	det
9	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trip	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 causes	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 causes	nsubj
12	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pull	advcl
13	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 causes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not pull	imperative	you not said here	chairs		vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Theme
2	trip	present	you not said here	people	as a joke	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Agent
3	cause	present	joke	injuries		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Chair pranks are only funny if the person lands softly on a cushion or a mat

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pranks	compound
2	pranks	prank	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 funny	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 funny	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 funny	advmod
5	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 lands	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lands	nsubj
9	lands	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 funny	advcl
10	softly	softly	ADV	_	9 lands	advmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 cushion	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cushion	det
13	cushion	cushion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lands	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 mat	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 mat	det
16	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cushion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Chair pranks					funny property	tree rules
2	land a condition, not said to happen	present	the person			a cushion or a mat		softly property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on cushion=Destination

Option 3

It's fine if you say it's a joke

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	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 say	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 joke	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 joke	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 joke	det
10	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	you			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	it	a joke		tree rules

Option 4

Only pull chairs from tall people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 pull	advmod
2	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pull	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 people	case
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	imperative	you not said here	chairs				from tall people	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent chair=Theme from people=Initial_Location

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