Test 11 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

so mad at my bro i wanna slam the door

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: wanna, slam · To what, where: bro, door

This is test 11 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	2 mad	advmod
2	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 bro	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bro	nmod:poss
5	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mad	obl
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 wanna	nsubj
7	wanna	wanna	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bro	acl:relcl
8	slam	slam	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 mad	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slam	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wanna	present	i	my bro not said here					tree rules
2	slam	infinitive		the door					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=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

Slam it, it helps the anger out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slam	slam	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Slam	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 helps	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 helps	nsubj
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Slam	parataxis
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 anger	det
7	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helps	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	5 helps	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slam	imperative	you not said here	it					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	help out	present	it	the anger					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Beneficiary

Option 2

Slam it but check his fingers first so nobody's hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slam	slam	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Slam	obj
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 check	cc
4	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Slam	conj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fingers	nmod:poss
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 check	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 check	advmod
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 hurt	mark
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 hurt	nsubj:pass
10	's	's	PART	_	9 nobody	case
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 check	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	slam	imperative	you not said here	it		vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	check	infinitive	you not said here	his fingers	first property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme
3	hurt	participle · passive		nobody		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Kick the door instead of slamming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kick	kick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kick	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	6 slamming	mark
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 instead	fixed
6	slamming	slam	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Kick	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	imperative	you not said here	the door					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	slam	gerund	you not said here						vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme

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

Close it gently and talk once you're calm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Close	obj
3	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Close	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 talk	cc
5	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Close	conj
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	9 calm	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 calm	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 calm	cop
9	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 talk	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here	it	gently property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	talk	infinitive	you not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	you		calm property	tree rules

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