Test 7 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears
A friend is crying before her flu jab. What advice is best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, advice · What happens: cry, jab, be · To what, where: flu jab
This is test 7 · ★ 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 friend is crying before her flu jab.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crying | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 crying | aux |
| 4 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 8 jab | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 jab | nmod:poss |
| 7 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jab | compound |
| 8 | jab | jab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crying | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 crying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | present · progressive | a friend | friend's flu jab | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before jab=Location | ||||
| 2 | jab | friend | nom jab «act 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: What advice is best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 best | obj |
| 2 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 best | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 best | cop |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | advice | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Hold her breath as long as she can
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 breath | nmod:poss |
| 3 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 long | advmod |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Hold | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 can | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 can | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 long | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | her breath | long property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Tell the nurse, look away and 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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 breathe | cc |
| 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 | to whom | where | when | 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 3
Run around the waiting room first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | around | around | ADP | _ | 5 room | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 room | det |
| 4 | waiting | waiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 room | compound |
| 5 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | the waiting room | first property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around room=Trajectory |
Option 4
Stare at the needle the whole time so it can't surprise her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stare | stare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 needle | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 needle | det |
| 4 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stare | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 time | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 time | amod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stare | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 surprise | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 surprise | nsubj |
| 10 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 surprise | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 surprise | advmod |
| 12 | surprise | surprise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Stare | advcl |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 surprise | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | imperative | you not said here | time | at the needle | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at needle=Theme | |||
| 2 | not surprise | can | needle | her = she | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
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