Test 4 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

What would probably happen if two friends shouted at each other without listening?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: happen, shout, listen · To what, where: two friends, each

This is test 4 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 friends	mark
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 friends	nummod
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happen	obl
8	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 friends	acl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 each	case
10	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	8 shouted	obl
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 each	fixed
12	without	without	SCONJ	_	13 listening	mark
13	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 happen	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	happen	would	two friends		probably property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express	participle	two friends not said here	each		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	listen	gerund				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=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.

The options

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

Neither would understand the other and the quarrel would grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	3 understand	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 understand	aux
3	understand	understand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 other	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 understand	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 grow	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 quarrel	det
8	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grow	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 grow	aux
10	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 understand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	would		the other				neither property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus
2	grow	would	the quarrel						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The louder friend would turn out right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 friend	det
2	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turn	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	aux
5	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 turn	compound:prt
7	right	right	ADV	_	5 turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn out	would	the louder friend					right property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They would both soon forget what the quarrel was about and make friends again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 forget	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 forget	aux
3	both	both	ADV	_	5 forget	advmod
4	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 forget	advmod
5	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 make	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 quarrel	det
8	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 make	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 make	cop
10	about	about	ADV	_	12 make	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 make	cc
12	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 forget	ccomp
13	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 make	obj
14	again	again	ADV	_	12 make	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	would	They					both, soon property	tree rules
2	is	past	the quarrel				again	about, make property	tree rules

Option 4

They would make up much faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 make	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 make	compound:prt
5	much	much	ADV	_	6 faster	advmod
6	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 make	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	would	They					fast property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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