Test 13 · ★★ · Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and to…

did u hear some kid jumped out and scared his dad while he was carrying a hot pan and "it went everywhere, burns all up his arm". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, pan · What happens: hear, jump out, scare, carry, go, burn · To what, where: lesson, dad, hot pan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 334 «Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and too-good-to-be-true offers» 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	6 jumped	advcl
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 jumped	nsubj
6	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 jumped	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 scared	cc
9	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 jumped	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 dad	nmod:poss
11	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 scared	obj
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 carrying	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 carrying	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 carrying	aux
15	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 scared	advcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 pan	det
17	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 pan	amod
18	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carrying	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 went	cc
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 went	punct
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 went	nsubj
22	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 carrying	conj
23	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	22 went	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 burns	punct
25	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 jumped	parataxis
26	all	all	ADV	_	29 arm	advmod
27	up	up	ADP	_	29 arm	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 arm	nmod:poss
29	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 burns	obl
30	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 burns	punct
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 jumped	punct
32	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 jumped	obl
33	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 jumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	jump out	past	some kid	lesson		tree rules
3	scare	past	some kid not said here	kid's dad		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dad=Experiencer
4	carry	past · progressive	kid	a hot pan		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Theme
5	go in a quote	past	pan		everywhere property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	burn in a quote	present			up kid's arm	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP 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

Only scare people when they're sitting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 scare	advmod
2	scare	scare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scare	obj
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 sitting	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sitting	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sitting	aux
7	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 scare	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	imperative	you not said here	people					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer
2	sit	present · progressive	people						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Never startle someone who is cooking, driving or on stairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 startle	advmod
2	startle	startle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 startle	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cooking	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cooking	aux
6	cooking	cook	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 someone	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 driving	punct
8	driving	drive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 cooking	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 stairs	cc
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 stairs	case
11	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cooking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not startle	imperative	you not said here	someone	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer
2	cook	present · progressive			vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent
3	drive	gerund			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Dads never drop things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dads	dad	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drop	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 drop	advmod
3	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drop	present	Dads	things					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

Option 4

Scare pranks are fine if they laugh after

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scare	scare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pranks	compound
2	pranks	prank	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 laugh	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 laugh	nsubj
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	parataxis
8	after	after	ADP	_	7 laugh	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Scare pranks					fine property	tree rules
2	laugh after a condition, not said to happen	present	pranks = prank						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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