Test 17 · ★ · Feelings and calming down

heard Sam threw a chair in class cos he was so angry, they're saying he's dangerous now

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, they · What happens: be, throw, say · To what, where: Sam, chair, class · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 53 «Feelings and calming down» 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Sam	cop
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 threw	nsubj
3	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 chair	det
5	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 class	case
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obl
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 angry	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 angry	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 angry	cop
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 angry	advmod
12	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 threw	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 saying	punct
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 saying	nsubj
15	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 saying	aux
16	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 threw	advcl
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 dangerous	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 dangerous	cop
19	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 saying	ccomp
20	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 saying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Sam				tree rules
2	throw	past	Sam	a chair	class			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent chair=Theme in class=Destination
3	is	past	Sam				angry property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	present · progressive	they			now		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	Sam				dangerous property	tree rules

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

It means Sam must be dangerous forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dangerous	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 dangerous	cop
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 dangerous	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	must	Sam					dangerous, forever property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Feelings are okay but hurting is not; do not spread the label

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 okay	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 okay	cop
3	okay	okay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 hurting	cc
5	hurting	hurt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 okay	conj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 okay	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 is	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 spread	punct
9	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 spread	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 spread	advmod
11	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 okay	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 label	det
13	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Feelings		okay property	tree rules
2	hurt	gerund	Feelings not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	not spread	infinitive · do-support	Feelings not said here	the label		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location label=Theme

Option 3

It proves anger is a bad feeling to have

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feeling	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 feeling	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 feeling	det
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feeling	amod
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proves	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 have	mark
9	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 feeling	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	prove	present	It		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	anger	a bad feeling	tree rules
3	have	to-infinitive			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is fine to spread because a chair was involved and someone could have been hurt

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 spread	mark
5	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	csubj
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 involved	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 chair	det
8	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 involved	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 involved	cop
10	involved	involved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spread	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hurt	cc
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 hurt	nsubj:pass
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 hurt	aux
14	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 hurt	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 hurt	aux:pass
16	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 involved	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	spread	to-infinitive				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	a chair		involved property	tree rules
4	hurt	could · perfect · passive		someone		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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