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title: my mate says a girl put peanut butter in her friend's sandwich as a… — Pranks: harmless fun or real harm? · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says a girl put peanut butter in her friend's sandwich as a joke and the friend nearly died cos allergic. should we film the next prank like that? Test 19 · ★★ of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 19 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my mate says a girl put peanut butter in her friend's sandwich as a joke and the friend nearly died cos allergic. should we film the next prank like that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, girl, friend · **What happens:** say, put, die, film · **To what, where:** peanut butter, sandwich, next prank · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t19:1
# text = my mate says a girl put peanut butter in her friend's sandwich as a joke and the friend nearly died cos allergic. should we film the next prank like that?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	peanut	peanut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
20	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
22	cos	cos	ADV	GW	Typo=Yes	21	advmod	_	_
23	allergic	allergic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	goeswith	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
25	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	film	film	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
31	like	like	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **put** | participle | a girl *not said here* | peanut butter |  | girl's friend's sandwich |  | as a joke and the friend | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent butter=Theme in sandwich=Destination |
| 3 | **die** | past | the friend *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cos, nearly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **film** | should | a girl | the next prank |  |  |  | like that | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prank=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, never trick anyone about food; allergies can kill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t19:o1:1
# text = No, never trick anyone about food; allergies can kill
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	trick	trick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
9	allergies	allergy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **trick** | imperative | you *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  | about food | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient |
| 2 | **kill** | can | allergies |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if the food is only a small amount

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t19:o2:1
# text = Yes, if the food is only a small amount
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the food | a small amount |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it makes a great video

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, it makes a great video
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | it | a great video |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material video=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if the friend is not allergic to peanuts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, if the friend is not allergic to peanuts
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	allergic	allergic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	peanuts	peanut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | the friend |  |  |  |  | to peanuts; allergic *property* | tree rules |

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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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