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Test 1 · ★ · Handling anger

A girl in Liverpool feels her heart pounding when her friend cheats in a game. What is the wisest first step?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, heart, friend, wisest first step · What happens: feel, pound, cheat, be · To what, where: heart, game

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 89 «Handling anger» 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: A girl in Liverpool feels her heart pounding when her friend cheats in a game.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feels	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Liverpool	case
4	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 heart	nmod:poss
7	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feels	obj
8	pounding	pound	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 heart	acl
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 cheats	mark
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 friend	nmod:poss
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cheats	nsubj
12	cheats	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pounding	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 game	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 game	det
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cheats	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 feels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	a girl in Liverpool	girl's heart					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme
2	pound	gerund	girl's heart not said here						vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	cheat	present	girl's friend			a game			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: 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.

Sentence 2: What is the wisest first step?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 step	det
4	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 step	amod
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 step	amod
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the wisest first step						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Tell the friend she hates her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hates	nsubj
5	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 friend	acl:relcl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the friend				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient
2	hate	present	friend	her = she					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 2

Throw the whole game board onto the floor in front of her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 board	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 board	amod
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 board	compound
5	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obj
6	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 front	case
10	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	the whole game board		the floor		in front of her	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent board=Theme onto floor=Destination

Option 3

Cheat as well to make it fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheat	cheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
2	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	5 make	advmod
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 as	fixed
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	Cheat	it				fair property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pause and breathe before she says anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pause	pause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 breathe	cc
3	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pause	conj
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 breathe	advcl
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pause	imperative	you not said here						vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	breathe	infinitive	you not said here						vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	she	anything					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

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