--- title: prank went wrong, she's crying — Pranks: harmless fun or real harm? · tree and pragmatics description: prank went wrong, she's crying Test 13 · ★★ of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/204-pranks/t13/) [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/) / [Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/204-pranks/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm? prank went wrong, she's crying **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prank · **What happens:** go, cry This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/204-pranks/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t13:1 # text = prank went wrong, she's crying 1 prank prank NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | prank | | | | | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | present · progressive | prank | | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Do another one to cheer her up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t13:o1:1 # text = Do another one to cheer her up 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 cheer cheer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | another one | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality | | 2 | **cheer up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stop, say sorry and help ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t13:o2:1 # text = Stop, say sorry and help 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **help** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell her it was just a joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t13:o3:1 # text = Tell her it was just a joke 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | a joke | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Laugh it off to make it lighter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t13:o4:1 # text = Laugh it off to make it lighter 1 Laugh laugh VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh off** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | light *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | **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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