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# Test 21 · ★ · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm

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"let's pretend Zoe sent Max a love note, it'll be hilarious" — is that a harmless prank?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** 's, Zoe, note · **What happens:** let, pretend, send, be · **To what, where:** 's, love note, Max, harmless prank · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 21 · ★ of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that 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/278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play/#t21).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:t21:1
# text = "let's pretend Zoe sent Max a love note, it'll be hilarious" — is that a harmless prank?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	hilarious	hilarious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pretend** *in a quote* | infinitive | 's *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **send** *in a quote* | past | Zoe | a love note | Max |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent max=Destination note=Theme |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | future | note |  |  |  |  | hilarious *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | a harmless 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}

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Yes, if you only show it to the class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:t21:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you only show it to the class
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | you | it | the class |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to class=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, if you sign it with Zoe's name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:t21:o2:1
# text = Yes, if you sign it with Zoe's name
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sign	sign	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | present | you | it |  |  |  | with Zoe's name | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with name=Theme |
| 2 | **name** |  | Zoe |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, love notes are always funny to everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:t21:o3:1
# text = Yes, love notes are always funny to everyone
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | love notes |  |  |  |  | to everyone; always, funny *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No; it can embarrass both of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:t21:o4:1
# text = No; it can embarrass both of them
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embarrass** | can | it | both |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus both=Experiencer |

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