Test 10 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

me n my bro both want the xbox rn, hes yelling, im so mad. what do i do

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: me, hes, i · What happens: want, yell, do · To what, where: xbox rn

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 want	nsubj
2	n	n	ADP	_	4 bro	case
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bro	nmod:poss
4	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 me	nmod
5	both	both	CCONJ	_	6 want	cc:preconj
6	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 mad	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rn	det
8	xbox	xbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rn	compound
9	rn	rn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 want	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hes	punct
11	hes	he	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rn	appos
12	yelling	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 hes	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 yelling	punct
14	im	im	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 want	obj
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 mad	advmod
16	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 mad	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 do	obj
19	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 do	aux
20	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 do	nsubj
21	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 mad	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	present	me	the xbox rn	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent rn=Theme im=Attribute
2	yell speech: express	gerund	hes not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	present · do-support	i		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Yell louder so he gives up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yell	yell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Yell	xcomp
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 gives	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gives	nsubj
5	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Yell	advcl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 gives	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	imperative	you not said here					loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give up	present	he						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Unplug it so nobody can play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unplug	unplug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Unplug	obj
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 play	mark
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 play	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 play	aux
6	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Unplug	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unplug	imperative	you not said here	it					tree rules
2	play	can	nobody						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Grab the controller and keep it till he goes away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 controller	det
3	controller	controller	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 keep	cc
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Grab	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keep	obj
7	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 goes	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 goes	nsubj
9	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	advcl
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	the controller		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent controller=Theme
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here	controller		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	go away	present	he		away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Calm down first, then agree to take turns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calm	calm	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADP	_	1 Calm	compound:prt
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Calm	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 agree	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 agree	advmod
6	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Calm	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 take	mark
8	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 agree	xcomp
9	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	calm down	imperative	you not said here			first property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	agree speech: agree	infinitive	you not said here		then		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	turns			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme

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