Test 1 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears
A girl in Cork is so angry with her brother that her face is hot and her fists are tight. What should she do first?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, face, fists · What happens: be, do
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday 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
Sentence 1: A girl in Cork is so angry with her brother that her face is hot and her fists are tight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 angry | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Cork | case |
| 4 | Cork | Cork | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 angry | cop |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 angry | advmod |
| 7 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 brother | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 brother | nmod:poss |
| 10 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 angry | obl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 hot | mark |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 face | nmod:poss |
| 13 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hot | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 hot | cop |
| 15 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 angry | advcl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 tight | cc |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 fists | nmod:poss |
| 18 | fists | fist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 tight | nsubj |
| 19 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 tight | cop |
| 20 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 hot | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 angry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a girl in Cork | with girl's brother; angry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | girl's face | hot property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | girl's fists | tight property | tree rules |
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 she do first?
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 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | girl | first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Slam every door in the house until she feels better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slam | slam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 feels | nsubj |
| 2 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 door | det |
| 3 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Slam | appos |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 door | nmod |
| 7 | until | until | ADP | _ | 8 she | case |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Slam | nmod |
| 9 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 feels | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | Slam until she | good property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Notice the signs and take a pause to calm down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 signs | det |
| 3 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Notice | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 take | cc |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Notice | conj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pause | det |
| 7 | pause | pause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 calm | mark |
| 9 | calm | calm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 take | advcl |
| 10 | down | down | ADP | _ | 9 calm | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | imperative | you not said here | the signs | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | take | infinitive | you not said here | a pause | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | calm down | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Shout at him straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Shout | obl |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Shout | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | at him = he; away property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Break one of his toys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Break | break | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Break | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 toys | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 toys | nmod:poss |
| 5 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | imperative | you not said here | one of his toys | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Patient |
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