Test 18 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

did u hear a kid slammed the door when he was mad and "his little sister's finger came right off". lesson?

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

This is test 18 · ★ 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	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	6 slammed	ccomp
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	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 mad	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 mad	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 mad	cop
12	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 slammed	advcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 came	cc
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 came	punct
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 sister	nmod:poss
16	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 sister	amod
17	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 finger	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 sister	case
19	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 came	nsubj
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 mad	conj
21	right	right	ADV	_	22 off	advmod
22	off	off	ADV	_	20 came	advmod
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 came	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 slammed	punct
25	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slammed	obj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 slammed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 kid	the door		tree rules
3	is	past	kid		mad property	tree rules
4	come in a quote	past	kid's little sister's finger		off property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Slamming helps you calm down faster, so it's worth it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slamming	slam	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 calm	compound:prt
6	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 calm	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 worth	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 worth	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 worth	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 worth	cop
11	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 helps	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 worth	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	slam	gerund				vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
2	help	present		you		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	calm down	infinitive	you not said here		fast property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	it		worth property	tree rules

Option 2

Doors can't really hurt fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurt	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 hurt	advmod
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 hurt	advmod
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurt	obj

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

Option 3

Only slam doors when nobody's near

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 near	advmod
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 near	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 near	cop
7	near	near	ADV	_	2 slam	advmod

#	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 property	tree rules

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

Close doors gently even when angry; slams crush 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	even	even	ADV	_	6 angry	advmod
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 angry	mark
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Close	advcl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 crush	punct
8	slams	slam	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 crush	nsubj
9	crush	crush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Close	conj
10	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 crush	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	crush	present	slams	fingers					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient

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