Test 18 · ★★ · Anger and fears

did u hear a kid slammed the door in a rage and chopped his sister's finger right off?? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, hear kid · What happens: hear, slam, chop · To what, where: door, rage, finger

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 kid	compound
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slammed	nsubj
6	slammed	slam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slammed	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 rage	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rage	det
11	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slammed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 chopped	cc
13	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 slammed	conj
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 sister	nmod:poss
15	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 finger	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 sister	case
17	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chopped	obj
18	right	right	ADV	_	19 off	advmod
19	off	off	ADV	_	13 chopped	advmod
20	??	??	PUNCT	_	22 lesson	punct
21	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lesson	amod
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chopped	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 slammed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	slam	past	a hear kid	the door	a rage		vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent door=Patient in rage=Location
3	chop	past	a hear kid not said here	kid's sister's finger		real lesson obl; off property	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient

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.

The options

Option 1

It's fine if you're really angry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 angry	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 angry	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 angry	cop
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 angry	advmod
8	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					angry property	tree rules

Option 2

Doors never hurt anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hurt	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 hurt	advmod
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hurt	past	Doors	anyone					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient

Option 3

Only slam doors when nobody's anywhere near them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 slam	advmod
2	slam	slam	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slam	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 anywhere	advmod
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 anywhere	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 anywhere	cop
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 slam	advmod
8	near	near	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 anywhere	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slam	imperative	you not said here	doors					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	is	present	nobody					near doors = door; anywhere property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Close doors gently; slamming can trap fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Close	obj
3	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Close	advmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 trap	punct
5	slamming	slam	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 trap	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 trap	aux
7	trap	trap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Close	advcl
8	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trap	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here	doors	gently property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	slam	gerund				vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
3	trap	can		fingers		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient

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