--- title: Identify the principal reason for which jokes concerning bombs or we… — Jokes and teasing: when is it still fu… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which jokes concerning bombs or weapons are prohibited in public places. Exam question 2 of lesson 203 «Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/203-jokes-and-teasing/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Jokes and teasing: when is it still fu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/203-jokes-and-teasing/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny? Identify the principal reason for which jokes concerning bombs or weapons are prohibited in public places. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal reason · **What happens:** identify, joke, prohibit · **To what, where:** principal reason, concerning bombs, public places · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 203 «Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/203-jokes-and-teasing/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which jokes concerning bombs or weapons are prohibited in public places. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 jokes joke VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl _ _ 8 concerning concerning ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 bombs bomb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 prohibited prohibit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **joke** *speech: other* | present | the principal reason | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **prohibit** | present · passive | | concerning bombs or weapons | | public places | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They may cause alarm, searches and serious consequences ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:e2:o1:1 # text = They may cause alarm, searches and serious consequences 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 searches search NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 consequences consequence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | may | They | alarm and searches and serious consequences | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition alarm=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are seldom considered amusing by adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:e2:o2:1 # text = They are seldom considered amusing by adults 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 seldom seldom ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consider** | present · passive | adults | They | | | | amusing, seldom *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent subject=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are prohibited solely in schools ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:e2:o3:1 # text = They are prohibited solely in schools 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 prohibited prohibit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 solely solely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 schools school NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | | They | | schools | | solely *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are permissible only on aeroplanes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:e2:o4:1 # text = They are permissible only on aeroplanes 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 permissible permissible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 aeroplanes aeroplane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | aeroplanes | | permissible *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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