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title: Which prank is most likely harmless? — Pranks: harmless fun or real harm? · tree and pragmatics
description: Which prank is most likely harmless? Test 3 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?

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Which prank is most likely harmless?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prank · **What happens:** be

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t3:1
# text = Which prank is most likely harmless?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which prank |  |  |  |  | harmless, likely *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Swapping a friend's sugar for salt before her breakfast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t3:o1:1
# text = Swapping a friend's sugar for salt before her breakfast
1	Swapping	swap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | gerund |  | a friend's sugar |  |  | before friend's breakfast | for salt | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent sugar=Theme for salt=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A rubber snake for a classmate who is scared of snakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t3:o2:1
# text = A rubber snake for a classmate who is scared of snakes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a classmate |  |  |  |  | of snakes; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A whoopee cushion for a friend who loves silly jokes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t3:o3:1
# text = A whoopee cushion for a friend who loves silly jokes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whoopee	whoopee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cushion	cushion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | a friend | silly jokes |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Filming a friend falling over and then posting it online

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:t3:o4:1
# text = Filming a friend falling over and then posting it online
1	Filming	film	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	posting	post	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	online	online	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** | gerund |  | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
| 2 | **fall over** | gerund | a friend *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **post** | gerund |  | friend |  |  | then | online *property* | vn send-11.1 «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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