--- title: Why should you never scare a dog for a prank video? — Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pran… · tree and pragmatics description: Why should you never scare a dog for a prank video? Test 8 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm Why should you never scare a dog for a prank video? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** not scare · **To what, where:** dog This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:t8:1 # text = Why should you never scare a dog for a prank video? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 scare scare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 prank prank NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **scare** | should | you | a dog | | | | for a prank video | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer | 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} It ruins the video lighting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:t8:o1:1 # text = It ruins the video lighting 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ruins ruin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 lighting lighting NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ruin** | present | It | the video lighting | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument lighting=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only cats get scared, dogs enjoy a surprise and a loud noise ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:t8:o2:1 # text = Only cats get scared, dogs enjoy a surprise and a loud noise 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 enjoy enjoy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | cats | | | | | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **enjoy** | present | dogs | a surprise and a loud noise | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer surprise=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Dogs always find it funny ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:t8:o3:1 # text = Dogs always find it funny 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present | Dogs | it | | | | always, funny *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The dog does not understand jokes and gets frightened ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:278-honest-work-kind-jokes-and-harmless-play:t8:o4:1 # text = The dog does not understand jokes and gets frightened 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **understand** | present · do-support | the dog | jokes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus | | 2 | **get** | present | the dog *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **frighten** | participle | the dog *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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. 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