--- title: lets scare the dog with a firework for a video — Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Foo… · tree and pragmatics description: lets scare the dog with a firework for a video Test 15 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/t15/) [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/) / [Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Foo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad… lets scare the dog with a firework for a video **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** scare · **To what, where:** dog This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t15:1 # text = lets scare the dog with a firework for a video 1 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 aux _ _ 2 scare scare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 firework firework NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scare** | present | | the dog | | | | with a firework for a 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, animals get terrified and can be hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t15:o1:1 # text = No, animals get terrified and can be hurt 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | animals | | | | | terrified *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **hurt** | can · passive | animals *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, if it's only a small firework and you're quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t15:o2:1 # text = Yes, if it's only a small firework and you're quick 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 firework firework NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a small firework | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yes, if you hold the dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t15:o3:1 # text = Yes, if you hold the dog 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 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | you | the dog | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it's funny ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t15:o4:1 # text = Yes, it's funny 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | **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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