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Test 2 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

A boy thinks the referee's call was unfair. Which way is most likely to be heard?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, call, referee, way · What happens: think, be, call, hear · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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 boy thinks the referee's call was unfair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinks	nsubj
3	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 referee	det
5	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 call	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 referee	case
7	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unfair	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 unfair	cop
9	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thinks	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	a boy						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the referee's call					unfair property	tree rules
3	call		the referee						nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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: Which way is most likely to be heard?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 likely	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 likely	cop
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 heard	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 heard	aux:pass
8	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 likely	xcomp
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which way					likely property	tree rules
2	hear	to-infinitive · passive	which way not said here						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»

The options

Option 1

Refuse to play again for the rest of the season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 play	mark
3	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refuse	xcomp
4	again	again	ADV	_	3 play	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 rest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rest	det
7	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 play	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 season	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 season	det
10	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	imperative	you not said here						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not play	to-infinitive	you not said here				again	for the rest of the season	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for rest=Eventuality

Option 2

Throw the ball hard at the referee to show him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ball	det
3	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obj
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Throw	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 referee	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 referee	det
7	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 show	mark
9	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Throw	parataxis
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 show	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	the ball		the referee		hard property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ball=Theme at referee=Destination
2	show	to-infinitive			him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3

Storm off the pitch, shouting at everyone there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	4 pitch	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pitch	det
4	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Storm	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shouting	punct
6	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Storm	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 shouting	obl
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 everyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund	Storm off the pitch not said here			everyone			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Calmly explain why he thinks it is unfair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calmly	calmly	ADV	_	2 explain	advmod
2	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 thinks	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thinks	nsubj
5	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 explain	ccomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 unfair	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unfair	cop
8	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here					calmly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	present	he						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	it					unfair property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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