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title: Kid: «saw a chair prank on TikTok, everyone fell on cushions». What'… — Cruel pranks and where the line is · tree and pragmatics
description: Kid: «saw a chair prank on TikTok, everyone fell on cushions». What's true in real life? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 439 «Cruel pranks and where the line is» 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 3 · ★★ · Cruel pranks and where the line is

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Kid: «saw a chair prank on TikTok, everyone fell on cushions». What's true in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** see, fall, be · **To what, where:** Kid, TikTok, cushions, real life

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 439 «Cruel pranks and where the line is» 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/439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kid: «saw a chair prank on TikTok, everyone fell on cushions».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t3:1
# text = Kid: «saw a chair prank on TikTok, everyone fell on cushions».
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	TikTok	TikTok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past |  | Kid |  | TikTok |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prank=Stimulus |
| 2 | **fall** *in a quote* | past | everyone |  |  | cushions |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on cushion=Location |

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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:* What's true in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t3:2
# text = What's true in real life?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | real life |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Chairs are made for pranks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t3:o1:1
# text = Chairs are made for pranks
1	Chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pranks	prank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Chairs |  |  |  | for pranks | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material for prank=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Everyone always lands softly, like in the videos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t3:o2:1
# text = Everyone always lands softly, like in the videos
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	videos	video	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  | always, softly *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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

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Videos are often set up; real falls hurt heads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t3:o3:1
# text = Videos are often set up; real falls hurt heads
1	Videos	video	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	falls	fall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | present · passive |  | Videos |  |  |  | often *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **hurt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **head** |  | real falls |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's safe if you're quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t3:o4:1
# text = It's safe if you're quick
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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