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title: did u hear?? a kid pulled a chair away and the boy fell and cracked… — Pranks: harmless fun or real harm? · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear?? a kid pulled a chair away and the boy fell and cracked his head, ambulance came, blood everywhere. real lesson? Test 17 · ★★ 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
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?

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did u hear?? a kid pulled a chair away and the boy fell and cracked his head, ambulance came, blood everywhere. real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, kid, boy, ambulance · **What happens:** hear, pull away, fall, crack, come · **To what, where:** real lesson, chair, head, blood

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This is test 17 · ★★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t17:1
# text = did u hear?? a kid pulled a chair away and the boy fell and cracked his head, ambulance came, blood everywhere. real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	ambulance	ambulance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
26	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | real lesson |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **pull away** | past | a kid | a chair |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | past | the boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **crack** | past | the boy *not said here* | boy's head |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme |
| 5 | **come** | past | ambulance | blood |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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Chair pranks are fine for strong kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t17:o1:1
# text = Chair pranks are fine for strong kids
1	Chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pranks	prank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Chair pranks |  |  |  |  | for strong kids; fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Never pull a chair away; falls cause real injuries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t17:o2:1
# text = Never pull a chair away; falls cause real injuries
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	falls	fall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pull away** | imperative | you *not said here* | a chair |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** | present | falls | real injuries |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only pull chairs on soft carpet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t17:o3:1
# text = Only pull chairs on soft carpet
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | imperative | you *not said here* | chairs |  | soft carpet |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Warn the person a second before you pull it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t17:o4:1
# text = Warn the person a second before you pull it
1	Warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the person |  | second |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient |
| 2 | **pull** | present | you | person |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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