--- title: State the principal objection to pranks played upon animals. — Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pran… · tree and pragmatics description: State the principal objection to pranks played upon animals. Exam question 4 of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pran…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm State the principal objection to pranks played upon animals. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** State · **What happens:** play This is exam question 4 of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:e4:1 # text = State the principal objection to pranks played upon animals. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 objection objection NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 pranks prank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | State | | | | | upon animals | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Such pranks are prohibited only upon farms ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:e4:o1:1 # text = Such pranks are prohibited only upon farms 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pranks prank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 prohibited prohibit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 farms farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | | Such pranks | | | | upon farms | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Animals do not comprehend jokes and become frightened or hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:e4:o2:1 # text = Animals do not comprehend jokes and become frightened or hurt 1 Animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 comprehend comprehend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **comprehend** | present · do-support | Animals | jokes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus | | 2 | **become** | infinitive | Animals *not said here* | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **frighten** | participle | Animals *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **hurt** | participle | Animals *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Animals object only to pranks played at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:e4:o3:1 # text = Animals object only to pranks played at night 1 Animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 compound _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 to to SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 pranks prank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | Animals object | | | | night | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Animals are entitled by law to retaliate ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:e4:o4:1 # text = Animals are entitled by law to retaliate 1 Animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 entitled entitle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 retaliate retaliate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entitle** | present · passive | law | Animals | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **retaliate** | to-infinitive | law *not said here* | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. - ← previous: [Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pran…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/e3/) - next →: [April Fools' Day and how magic tricks…, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/t1/) - ↑ back to [Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/)