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Test 1 · ★★ · Cruel pranks and where the line is

Mates: «it's just a prank, bro, chill». The pranked kid is crying. What's true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, pranked kid · What happens: be, prank, cry · To what, where: prank

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 439 «Cruel pranks and where the line is» 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: Mates: «it's just a prank, bro, chill».

punctpunctnsubjcopadvmoddetconjpunctvocativepunctappospunctpunctrootMatesNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTitPRON'sAUXjustADVaDETprankNOUN,PUNCTbroNOUN,PUNCTchillNOUN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MatesmateNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
2::PUNCT_1 Matespunct
3««PUNCT_8 prankpunct
4ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 pranknsubj
5'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 prankcop
6justjustADV_8 prankadvmod
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 prankdet
8prankprankNOUNNumber=Sing1 Matesconj
9,,PUNCT_10 bropunct
10brobroNOUNNumber=Sing8 prankvocative
11,,PUNCT_12 chillpunct
12chillchillNOUNNumber=Sing8 prankappos
13»»PUNCT_12 chillpunct
14..PUNCT_1 Matespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentita prankbro vocativetree rules

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: The pranked kid is crying.

detamodnsubjauxpunctrootTheDETprankedVERBkidNOUNisAUXcryingVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 kiddet
2prankedprankVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 kidamod
3kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing5 cryingnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 cryingaux
5cryingcryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
6..PUNCT_5 cryingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1prankparticipletree rules
2cry speech: expresspresent · progressivethe pranked kidvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What's true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

If someone is scared or hurt, it's not just a prank

marknsubjcopccconjpunctnsubjcopadvmodadvmoddetconjrootIfSCONJsomeonePRONisAUXscaredADJorCCONJhurtVERB,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXnotPARTjustADVaDETprankNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IfifSCONJ_4 scaredmark
2someonesomeonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind4 scarednsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 scaredcop
4scaredscaredADJDegree=Posrootroot
5ororCCONJ_6 hurtcc
6hurthurtVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 scaredconj
7,,PUNCT_13 prankpunct
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 pranknsubj
9'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 prankcop
10notnotPARTPolarity=Neg13 prankadvmod
11justjustADV_13 prankadvmod
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 prankdet
13prankprankNOUNNumber=Sing4 scaredconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentsomeonescared propertytree rules
2hurtparticiplesomeone not said herevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3not is apresentita pranktree rules

Option 2

Calling it a prank makes it fine, whatever happens next

csubjobjdetobjobjxcomppunctnsubjparataxisadvmodrootCallingVERBitPRONaDETprankNOUNmakesVERBitPRONfineADJ,PUNCTwhateverPRONhappensVERBnextADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CallingcallVERBVerbForm=Ger5 makescsubj
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Callingobj
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 prankdet
4prankprankNOUNNumber=Sing1 Callingobj
5makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 makesobj
7finefineADJDegree=Pos5 makesxcomp
8,,PUNCT_10 happenspunct
9whateverwhateverPRONPronType=Rel10 happensnsubj
10happenshappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 makesparataxis
11nextnextADV_10 happensadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1callgerunditvn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme prank=Result
2makepresentCallingprankfine propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
3happenpresentwhatevernext propertyvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Crying means it was funny

nsubjnsubjcopccomprootCryingVERBmeansVERBitPRONwasAUXfunnyADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CryingcryVERBVerbForm=Ger2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 funnynsubj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 funnycop
5funnyfunnyADJDegree=Pos2 meansccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cry speech: expressgerundvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2meanpresentvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3ispastitfunny propertytree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He needs to chill

nsubjmarkxcomprootHePRONneedsVERBtoPARTchillVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 needsnsubj
2needsneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 chillmark
4chillchillVERBVerbForm=Inf2 needsxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1needpresentHevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2chill not said to happento-infinitiveHe not said herevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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