--- title: Which prank is fine to play? — Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, h… · tree and pragmatics description: Which prank is fine to play? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 334 «Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and too-good-to-be-true offers» 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/334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers/t1/) [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/) / [Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, h…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and to… Which prank is fine to play? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prank · **What happens:** be, play This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 334 «Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and too-good-to-be-true offers» 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/334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t1:1 # text = Which prank is fine to play? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 prank prank NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which prank | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | 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} Writing on a classroom wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t1:o1:1 # text = Writing on a classroom wall 1 Writing write VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 classroom classroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | gerund | | | | a classroom wall | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on wall=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A silly joke the friend laughs at too, with nothing broken ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t1:o2:1 # text = A silly joke the friend laughs at too, with nothing broken 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 appos _ _ 12 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | the friend | a silly joke *not said here* | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Theme | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hiding a dog's food bowl to watch it panic and run about ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t1:o3:1 # text = Hiding a dog's food bowl to watch it panic and run about 1 Hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 panic panic VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 13 about about ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | gerund | | a dog's food bowl | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Patient | | 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | | bowl | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **panic** | infinitive | bowl *not said here* | | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **run about** | infinitive | | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Letting down a neighbour's car tyres ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t1:o4:1 # text = Letting down a neighbour's car tyres 1 Letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 tyres tyre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let down** | gerund | | a neighbour's car tyres | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tyre=Theme | **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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