--- title: Brother sees his desk in tin foil: «Bro, that's actually bussin'». H… — Funny pranks · tree and pragmatics description: Brother sees his desk in tin foil: «Bro, that's actually bussin'». How does he feel? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 438 «Funny pranks» 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/438-funny-pranks/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/) / [Funny pranks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/438-funny-pranks/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Funny pranks Brother sees his desk in tin foil: «Bro, that's actually bussin'». How does he feel? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brother, that · **What happens:** see, be, feel · **To what, where:** desk, tin foil, bussin · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 438 «Funny pranks» 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/438-funny-pranks/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Brother sees his desk in tin foil: «Bro, that's actually bussin'». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t1:1 # text = Brother sees his desk in tin foil: «Bro, that's actually bussin'». 1 Brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 desk desk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 foil foil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 actually actually ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 bussin bussin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | Brother | Brother's desk | | tin foil | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | bussin | | | | actually *property* | 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. *Sentence 2:* How does he feel? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t1:2 # text = How does he feel? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present · do-support | Brother | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He thinks it's amazing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t1:o1:1 # text = He thinks it's amazing 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 amazing amazing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | amazing *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's furious ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t1:o2:1 # text = He's furious 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | furious *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He's bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t1:o3:1 # text = He's bored 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He's scared of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t1:o4:1 # text = He's scared of it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | of it; scared *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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