Test 3 · ★★ · Cruel pranks and where the line is
Kid: «saw a chair prank on TikTok, everyone fell on cushions». What's true in real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone · What happens: see, fall, be · To what, where: Kid, TikTok, cushions, real life
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Kid: «saw a chair prank on TikTok, everyone fell on cushions».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 prank | det |
| 6 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 prank | compound |
| 7 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 TikTok | case |
| 9 | TikTok | TikTok | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fell | punct |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 fell | nsubj |
| 12 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 cushions | case |
| 14 | cushions | cushion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 fell | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 fell | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | past | Kid | TikTok | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prank=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | fall in a quote | past | everyone | cushions | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on cushion=Location |
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 true in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Chairs are made for pranks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chairs | chair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 pranks | case |
| 5 | pranks | prank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Chairs | for pranks | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material for prank=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Everyone always lands softly, like in the videos
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 lands | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 lands | advmod |
| 3 | lands | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | softly | softly | ADV | _ | 3 lands | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 videos | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 videos | case |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 videos | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 videos | det |
| 9 | videos | video | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lands | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | Everyone | always, softly property | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Videos are often set up; real falls hurt heads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Videos | video | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 set | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | aux:pass |
| 3 | often | often | ADV | _ | 4 set | advmod |
| 4 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 set | compound:prt |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 heads | punct |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 falls | amod |
| 8 | falls | fall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 heads | nsubj |
| 9 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 heads | amod |
| 10 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 set | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set up | present · passive | Videos | often property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | hurt | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | head | real falls | tree rules |
Option 4
It's safe if you're quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 quick | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 quick | nsubj |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 quick | cop |
| 7 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 safe | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | you | quick property | tree rules |
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