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title: my bro thinks prank calling 999 is funny, is it tho — Covering up, false alarms and playing… · tree and pragmatics
description: my bro thinks prank calling 999 is funny, is it tho Test 12 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my bro thinks prank calling 999 is funny, is it tho

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro, prank, 999 · **What happens:** think, call, be · **To what, where:** prank · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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/277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t12:1
# text = my bro thinks prank calling 999 is funny, is it tho
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	calling	call	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	conj	_	_
12	tho	tho	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | my bro | prank |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot prank=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | gerund | prank *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | 999 |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | my bro *not said here* | prank |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only if he hangs up really fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t12:o1:1
# text = Only if he hangs up really fast
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang up** | present | he |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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No, it blocks help for real emergencies and it's illegal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t12:o2:1
# text = No, it blocks help for real emergencies and it's illegal
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blocks	block	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	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 | **block** | present | it | help |  |  |  | for real emergencies | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer help=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | help |  |  |  |  | illegal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only if he calls from a friend's phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t12:o3:1
# text = Only if he calls from a friend's phone
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | he |  |  | a friend's phone |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from phone=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the operators enjoy a laugh too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, the operators enjoy a laugh too
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	operators	operator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | present | the operators | a laugh |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer laugh=Stimulus |

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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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