Test 9 · ★ · Feelings and calming down
After counting to ten slowly, Ana still feels very angry. What could she do next?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ana · What happens: count, feel, do
This is test 9 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: After counting to ten slowly, Ana still feels very angry.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 2 counting | mark |
| 2 | counting | count | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 feels | advcl |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 ten | case |
| 4 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 counting | obl |
| 5 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 2 counting | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 counting | punct |
| 7 | Ana | Ana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 feels | nsubj |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 feels | advmod |
| 9 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 angry | advmod |
| 11 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 feels | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 feels | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | gerund | Ana not said here | to ten; slowly property | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to ten=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | Ana | still | angry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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 could she do next?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | next | next | ADV | _ | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | could | Ana | next property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Throw something soft at the person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Throw | obj |
| 3 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 something | amod |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 person | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | something | at the person | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent something=Theme at person=Destination |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Keep counting to a thousand without stopping once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | counting | count | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 thousand | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 thousand | det |
| 5 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 counting | obl |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 7 stopping | mark |
| 7 | stopping | stop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 counting | advcl |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 stopping | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | count | gerund | you not said here | to a thousand | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to thousand=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | stop | gerund | you not said here | once property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
Decide that calming down never works
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Decide | obj |
| 3 | calming | calm | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 works | csubj |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 calming | compound:prt |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 works | advmod |
| 6 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Decide | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | imperative | you not said here | that | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent that=Topic | ||||
| 2 | calm down | gerund | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | not work | present | calming | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Go somewhere quiet and talk to a trusted adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Go | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 talk | cc |
| 5 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 adult | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 adult | det |
| 8 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 adult | amod |
| 9 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | quiet, somewhere property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | talk | infinitive | you not said here | to a trusted adult | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to adult=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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