Exam question 1 · Handling anger

Which of the following measures is recommended when a person becomes aware of mounting anger?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person · What happens: follow, recommend, become, mount · To what, where: anger

This is exam question 1 of lesson 89 «Handling anger» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 recommended	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 measures	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 measures	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 measures	amod
5	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recommended	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 recommended	aux:pass
7	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 becomes	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 becomes	nsubj
11	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 recommended	advcl
12	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 becomes	xcomp
13	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 mounting	mark
14	mounting	mount	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 aware	advcl
15	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mounting	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 recommended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	recommend	present · passive			of the following measures	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: which=Theme
3	become	present	a person		aware property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	mount	gerund	a person not said here	anger		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Patient

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

Striking the nearest object in order to release the anger quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Striking	strike	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 object	det
3	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 object	amod
4	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Striking	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 order	case
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 object	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 release	mark
8	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Striking	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 anger	det
10	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 release	obj
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	8 release	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	gerund		the nearest object		order			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Patient
2	release	to-infinitive		the anger				quickly property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer anger=Source

Option 2

Shouting loudly so that others are aware of the anger immediately

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Shouting	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 aware	mark
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 so	fixed
5	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 aware	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 aware	cop
7	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Shouting	ccomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 anger	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 anger	det
10	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 aware	obl
11	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	10 anger	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund						loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	others					of the anger; aware property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Stopping, breathing slowly and counting to ten before speaking or acting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 breathing	punct
3	breathing	breathe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Stopping	conj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 breathing	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 counting	cc
6	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Stopping	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 ten	case
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 counting	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 speaking	mark
10	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Stopping	advcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 acting	cc
12	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 speaking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	stop	gerund		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	breathe	gerund	slowly property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	count	gerund	to ten	vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to ten=Experiencer
4	speak speech: other	gerund		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	act	gerund		vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Responding at once, before the anger has an opportunity to diminish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Responding	respond	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 has	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 once	case
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Responding	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 has	punct
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 has	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 anger	det
7	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	nsubj
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 opportunity	det
10	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 diminish	mark
12	diminish	diminish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 opportunity	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	respond speech: other	gerund			vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	the anger	a opportunity	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient
3	diminish	to-infinitive	the anger not said here	a opportunity not said here	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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