Test 6 · ★ · Funny pranks
Kid wants to prank his sister with salt in her drink — she has a bad tummy today. Good idea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kid, she · What happens: want, prank, have · To what, where: sister, drink, bad tummy
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 438 «Funny pranks» 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
Sentence 1: Kid wants to prank his sister with salt in her drink — she has a bad tummy today.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 prank | mark |
| 4 | prank | prank | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sister | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prank | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 salt | case |
| 8 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prank | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 drink | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 drink | nmod:poss |
| 11 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prank | obl |
| 12 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 has | punct |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 has | nsubj |
| 14 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 wants | conj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 tummy | det |
| 16 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 tummy | amod |
| 17 | tummy | tummy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 has | obj |
| 18 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 has | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Kid | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | prank not said to happen | to-infinitive | Kid not said here | Kid's sister | her drink | with salt | tree rules | ||
| 3 | have | present | she | a bad tummy | today | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tummy=Patient |
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.
Sentence 2: Good idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 idea | amod |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 idea | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, food pranks must never risk making someone ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 risk | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pranks | compound |
| 4 | pranks | prank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 risk | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 risk | aux |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 risk | advmod |
| 7 | risk | risk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 risk | xcomp |
| 9 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 making | obj |
| 10 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 making | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not risk | must | food pranks | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | gerund | food pranks not said here | someone | ill property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product |
Option 2
Yes, as long as she laughs about it later on when she feels better
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 long | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 long | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 laughs | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 laughs | nsubj |
| 7 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | advcl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 laughs | obl |
| 10 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 laughs | advmod |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 laughs | compound:prt |
| 12 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 14 feels | mark |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 feels | nsubj |
| 14 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | advcl |
| 15 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 feels | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh on | present | she | about it; late property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | she | good property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Only if it's a lot of salt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 lot | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 lot | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 lot | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lot | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lot | det |
| 6 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 salt | case |
| 8 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lot | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a lot | of salt | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, salt is always harmless
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 harmless | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 harmless | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 harmless | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 harmless | advmod |
| 6 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | salt | always, harmless property | tree rules |
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