Exam question 2 · Handling anger and everyday fears

Identify the principal benefit of recognising the early signs of anger, such as a tight chest or a hot face.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal benefit · What happens: identify, recognise, sign · To what, where: principal benefit, early signs, anger

This is exam question 2 of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 benefit	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 benefit	amod
4	benefit	benefit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 recognising	mark
6	recognising	recognise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 benefit	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 signs	det
8	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 signs	amod
9	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 recognising	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 anger	case
11	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 signs	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 chest	punct
13	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	17 chest	case
14	as	as	ADP	_	13 such	fixed
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 chest	det
16	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 chest	amod
17	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 signs	nmod
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 face	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 face	det
20	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 face	amod
21	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 chest	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal benefit		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent benefit=Theme
2	recognise	gerund	the principal benefit not said here	the early signs of anger	such a tight chest or a hot face	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus
3	sign			anger	such a tight chest or a hot face	nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient such=obl

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

Such signs mean that shouting is justified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 signs	amod
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mean	nsubj
3	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 justified	mark
5	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 justified	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 justified	cop
7	justified	justified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Such signs						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	shouting					justified property	tree rules

Option 2

Such signs show that the other person is wrong and should apologise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 signs	amod
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 show	nsubj
3	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 wrong	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wrong	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wrong	cop
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 show	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 apologise	cc
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 apologise	aux
12	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wrong	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	show	present	Such signs		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the other person	wrong property	tree rules
3	apologise speech: apologize	should	the other person not said here		tree rules

Option 3

Such signs indicate that one is ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 signs	amod
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 indicate	nsubj
3	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 ill	mark
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 ill	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ill	cop
7	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 indicate	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	Such signs						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	one					ill property	tree rules

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

The earlier anger is noticed, the easier it is to calm down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 anger	det
2	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 anger	amod
3	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 noticed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 noticed	aux:pass
5	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 easier	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 easier	det
8	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 noticed	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 calm	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 calm	cop
11	to	to	PART	_	12 calm	mark
12	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 easier	csubj
13	down	down	ADP	_	12 calm	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	present · passive		the earlier anger					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
2	is	present	anger					calm property	tree rules

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