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title: In a prank video someone gets soaked and furious, and the prankster… — Funny pranks · tree and pragmatics
description: In a prank video someone gets soaked and furious, and the prankster laughs alone. Is it a good prank? Test 9 · ★ 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.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Funny pranks

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In a prank video someone gets soaked and furious, and the prankster laughs alone. Is it a good prank?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prankster · **What happens:** soak, laugh, be · **To what, where:** someone, good prank

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a prank video someone gets soaked and furious, and the prankster laughs alone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t9:1
# text = In a prank video someone gets soaked and furious, and the prankster laughs alone.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prankster	prankster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | present · passive |  | someone |  |  |  | in a prank video | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in video=Theme |
| 2 | **laugh** | present | the prankster |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is it a good prank?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t9:2
# text = Is it a good prank?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | prankster | a good prank |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, but only because of the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t9:o1:1
# text = No, but only because of the water
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, if it gets lots of views

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, if it gets lots of views
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | it | lots of views |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, the pranked person must laugh too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t9:o3:1
# text = No, the pranked person must laugh too
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	pranked	prank	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prank** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | must | the pranked person |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Yes, any big reaction is a good one for a video

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:438-funny-pranks:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, any big reaction is a good one for a video
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | any big reaction | a good one |  |  |  | for a video | tree rules |

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