Exam question 1 · Funny pranks
Identify the characteristics which, taken together, distinguish a good-natured prank.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, take, distinguish · To what, where: characteristics, natured prank
This is exam question 1 of lesson 438 «Funny pranks» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 characteristics | det |
| 3 | characteristics | characteristic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 taken | punct |
| 6 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Identify | parataxis |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 6 taken | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 distinguish | punct |
| 9 | distinguish | distinguish | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Identify | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 prank | det |
| 11 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 natured | amod |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 good | punct |
| 13 | natured | natured | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 prank | amod |
| 14 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 distinguish | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the characteristics | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | participle | together property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | distinguish | infinitive | you not said here | a natured prank | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute prank=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
That only the perpetrator derives amusement from it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 derives | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 perpetrator | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 perpetrator | det |
| 4 | perpetrator | perpetrator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 That | nmod |
| 5 | derives | derive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | amusement | amusement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 derives | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 derives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derive | present | That | amusement | amusement | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent amusement=Result from it=Material |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
That property is damaged for amusement
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 property | det |
| 2 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 damaged | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 damaged | aux:pass |
| 4 | damaged | damage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 amusement | case |
| 6 | amusement | amusement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 damaged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | damage | present · passive | that property | for amusement | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
That no person is harmed, nothing is damaged, and the subject also laughs
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 person | det |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 person | det |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 harmed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 harmed | aux:pass |
| 5 | harmed | harm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 damaged | punct |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 damaged | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 damaged | aux:pass |
| 9 | damaged | damage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 harmed | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 laughs | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 laughs | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 subject | det |
| 13 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 laughs | nsubj |
| 14 | also | also | ADV | _ | 15 laughs | advmod |
| 15 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 harmed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | harm | present · passive | that person | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | damage | present · passive | nothing | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | laugh | present | the subject | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
That the subject is frightened for an extended period
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 subject | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 subject | det |
| 3 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 frightened | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 frightened | aux:pass |
| 5 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 period | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 period | det |
| 8 | extended | extended | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 period | amod |
| 9 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 frightened | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | present · passive | that subject | for a extended period | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
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