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title: Lewis comes back from the shop puzzled, no tartan paint, and the big… — Cruel pranks and where the line is · tree and pragmatics
description: Lewis comes back from the shop puzzled, no tartan paint, and the big kids roar. Then Lewis laughs too. Which test does this pass? Test 5 · ★★ 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 an
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Cruel pranks and where the line is

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Lewis comes back from the shop puzzled, no tartan paint, and the big kids roar. Then Lewis laughs too. Which test does this pass?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lewis, shop, big kids, test · **What happens:** come back, puzzle, roar, laugh, pass · **To what, where:** tartan paint

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lewis comes back from the shop puzzled, no tartan paint, and the big kids roar.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t5:1
# text = Lewis comes back from the shop puzzled, no tartan paint, and the big kids roar.
1	Lewis	Lewis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	puzzled	puzzle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
10	tartan	tartan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	roar	roar	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | present | Lewis |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **puzzle** | past | the shop | no tartan paint |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **roar** | present | the big kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=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:* Then Lewis laughs too.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t5:2
# text = Then Lewis laughs too.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	Lewis	Lewis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Lewis |  |  |  | then |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Which test does this pass?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t5:3
# text = Which test does this pass?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **pass** | present · do-support | which test |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nobody gets laughed at, not even a little

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t5:o1:1
# text = Nobody gets laughed at, not even a little
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · passive |  | Nobody |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Everyone laughs, including the pranked one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t5:o2:1
# text = Everyone laughs, including the pranked one
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	including	including	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	pranked	prank	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It can't be undone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t5:o3:1
# text = It can't be undone
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	undone	undo	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **undo** | can · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only the big kids laugh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is:t5:o4:1
# text = Only the big kids laugh
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | the big kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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