Test 13 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

getting my jab tmrw n im scared

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: get · To what, where: jab tmrw

This is test 13 · ★ 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	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tmrw	nmod:poss
3	jab	jab	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tmrw	compound
4	tmrw	tmrw	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 getting	obj
5	n	n	X	_	1 getting	obj
6	im	im	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 scared	amod
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 getting	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund		my jab tmrw					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent tmrw=Beneficiary n=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

Run off before they start

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Run	compound:prt
3	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 start	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 start	nsubj
5	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	imperative	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	start	present	they						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

Ask to get it next year instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 get	mark
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 get	obj
5	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 year	amod
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl:unmarked
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it			year	instead property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tell the nurse, look away, breathe out slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nurse	det
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 look	punct
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 look	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 breathe	punct
8	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 breathe	compound:prt
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 breathe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the nurse		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nurse=Recipient
2	look away	infinitive	you not said here		away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	breathe out	infinitive	you not said here		slowly property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Hold your breath and stare right at the needle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 breath	nmod:poss
3	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stare	cc
5	stare	stare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
6	right	right	ADV	_	5 stare	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 needle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 needle	det
9	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stare	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	your breath					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme
2	stare	infinitive	you not said here					at the needle; right property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at needle=Theme

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