Test 11 · ★★ · Cruel pranks and where the line is
In a cartoon, a character is pranked every episode and always smiles. What's closer to real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: prank, smile, be · To what, where: character, cartoon
This is test 11 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon, a character is pranked every episode and always smiles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pranked | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 character | det |
| 6 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pranked | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 pranked | aux:pass |
| 8 | pranked | prank | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 episode | det |
| 10 | episode | episode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pranked | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 smiles | cc |
| 12 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 13 smiles | advmod |
| 13 | smiles | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 pranked | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 pranked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prank | present · passive | a character | a cartoon | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | smile | present | always property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: What's closer to real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 closer | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closer | cop |
| 3 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 closer | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 closer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | to real life; close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Targets enjoy being picked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Targets | target | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 enjoy | nsubj |
| 2 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 picked | aux:pass |
| 4 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 enjoy | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | present | Targets | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | pick | gerund · passive | Targets not said here | vn chew-39.2 «NP V» |
Option 2
Being pranked is always fun if you smile
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 pranked | aux:pass |
| 2 | pranked | prank | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 fun | csubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fun | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 fun | advmod |
| 5 | fun | fun | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 smile | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 smile | nsubj |
| 8 | smile | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fun | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prank | gerund · passive | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | always, fun property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | smile a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Being the target again and again hurts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 target | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 target | det |
| 3 | target | target | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hurts | nsubj |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 target | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 again | cc |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 again | conj |
| 7 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | gerund | the target | again | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hurt | present | the target | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Cartoon pranks are safe to copy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pranks | compound |
| 2 | pranks | prank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 safe | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 safe | cop |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 copy | mark |
| 6 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 safe | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Cartoon pranks | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | copy | to-infinitive | Cartoon pranks not said here | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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