--- title: lets scare my brother while he's on the stairs — Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, h… · tree and pragmatics description: lets scare my brother while he's on the stairs Test 10 · ★★ 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 wa --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and to… lets scare my brother while he's on the stairs **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** let, scare, be · **To what, where:** brother, stairs This is test 10 · ★★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t10:1 # text = lets scare my brother while he's on the stairs 1 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 scare scare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **scare** | infinitive | | my brother | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brother=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | present | he | | | the stairs | | | tree rules | 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} Never; he could fall and get hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t10:o1:1 # text = Never; he could fall and get hurt 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fall** | could | he | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hurt** | infinitive · passive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Do it if he's holding the rail ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t10:o2:1 # text = Do it if he's holding the rail 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rail rail NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 2 | **hold** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | he | the rail | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rail=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Do it, it's funny, he'll laugh after ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t10:o3:1 # text = Do it, it's funny, he'll laugh after 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **laugh after** | future | he | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Do it at the bottom step ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers:t10:o4:1 # text = Do it at the bottom step 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 bottom bottom ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | at the bottom step | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | **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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