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title: apparently some boys prank-called 999 like 50 times and the police c… — Pranks: harmless fun or real harm? · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently some boys prank-called 999 like 50 times and the police came to their house and arrested their mum. what's likely blown up? Test 18 · ★★ 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 quest
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# Test 18 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?

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apparently some boys prank-called 999 like 50 times and the police came to their house and arrested their mum. what's likely blown up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boys · **What happens:** call, come, arrest, blow up · **To what, where:** boys, house, mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t18:1
# text = apparently some boys prank-called 999 like 50 times and the police came to their house and arrested their mum. what's likely blown up?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
4	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
10	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	arrested	arrest	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
27	up	up	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | some boys *not said here* |  |  | time |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | past | some boys |  |  | boys's house |  | apparently *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **arrest** | past | some boys *not said here* | boys's mum |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Patient |
| 4 | **blow up** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |

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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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That emergency calls tie up real help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t18:o1:1
# text = That emergency calls tie up real help
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tie	tie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | present | emergency calls | real help |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That police take such calls seriously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t18:o2:1
# text = That police take such calls seriously
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | that police | such calls |  |  |  | seriously *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The mum's arrest; but prank emergency calls are illegal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t18:o3:1
# text = The mum's arrest; but prank emergency calls are illegal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	arrest	arrest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	illegal	illegal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | emergency calls |  |  |  |  | illegal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **arrest** |  | the mum |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrest «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That the boys got into trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t18:o4:1
# text = That the boys got into trouble
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | That |  |  | trouble |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=Destination |

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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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