Test 1 · ★ · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…

A girl is angry because her brother broke her model. Which is the best thing to say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, brother · What happens: be, break, model, say · To what, where: model, best thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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 girl is angry because her brother broke her model.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 angry	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 broke	mark
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brother	nmod:poss
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 broke	nsubj
8	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	ccomp
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 model	nmod:poss
10	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 broke	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 angry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	a girl		angry property	tree rules
2	break	past	girl's brother	girl's model		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer model=Patient
3	model		girl			nom model «cognition 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 is the best thing to say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 thing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best thing					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

«I'm upset you broke it. Please help me fix it.»

Sentence 1: «I'm upset you broke it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 upset	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 upset	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 upset	cop
4	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 broke	nsubj
6	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 upset	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 broke	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 upset	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I					upset property	tree rules
2	break in a quote	past	you	it					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient

Sentence 2: Please help me fix it.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 help	discourse
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 help	obj
4	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 help	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fix	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 help	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	imperative	you not said here	me					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	fix	infinitive	me not said here	it					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

«I hate you!», and slam the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 hate	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 hate	nsubj
3	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hate	obj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 hate	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 hate	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 slam	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 slam	cc
9	slam	slam	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 hate	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 slam	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate in a quote	present	I	you					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
2	slam	infinitive	I not said here	the door					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 3

«You always ruin everything!», shouting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 ruin	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 ruin	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 ruin	advmod
4	ruin	ruin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 ruin	obj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 ruin	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 ruin	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shouting	punct
9	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 ruin	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ruin in a quote	present	You	everything				always property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient
2	shout speech: express	gerund	You not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nothing at all, but quietly break one of his toys later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Nothing	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 break	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 break	cc
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	7 break	advmod
7	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nothing	conj
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 break	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 toys	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 toys	nmod:poss
11	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 one	nmod
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 break	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	infinitive		one of his toys				late, quietly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Patient

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