Test 11 · ★ · Big feelings in big people
A grown-up's anger at home often makes you feel scared for your safety. What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: anger, you, grown up · What happens: grow, make, feel, anger, do · To what, where: you, home
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: A grown-up's anger at home often makes you feel scared for your safety.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 up | det |
| 2 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 up | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 grown | punct |
| 4 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 anger | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 up | case |
| 6 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 makes | nsubj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 home | case |
| 8 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 anger | nmod |
| 9 | often | often | ADV | _ | 10 makes | advmod |
| 10 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 makes | obj |
| 12 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 makes | xcomp |
| 13 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 feel | xcomp |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 safety | case |
| 15 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 safety | nmod:poss |
| 16 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 scared | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | a grown up's anger at home | you | often property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | feel | infinitive | you not said here | scared property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | anger | a grown up | home | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |
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: What should you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Keep it a secret so that nobody gets cross with anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 secret | det |
| 4 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 8 gets | mark |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 so | fixed |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 gets | nsubj |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 9 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gets | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 anyone | case |
| 11 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | present | nobody | cross | with anyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cross=Stimulus |
Option 2
Run away from home at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 home | case |
| 4 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run away | imperative | you not said here | home | night | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from home=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell another trusted adult, like a teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 adult | det |
| 3 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 adult | amod |
| 4 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 teacher | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 teacher | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 teacher | det |
| 8 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | another trusted adult | like a teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | |||
| 2 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Shout back louder next time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Shout | advmod |
| 3 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 time | amod |
| 4 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shout | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout back speech: express | imperative | you not said here | time | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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