Test 10 · ★ · Handling anger

lost the level 10 times grr, one more go!!

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: lose · To what, where: level

This is test 10 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 level	det
3	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lost	obj
4	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grr	compound
6	grr	grr	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lost	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 go	punct
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 go	nummod
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 go	amod
10	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grr	appos
11	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	1 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past		the level				times grr obl	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent level=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 · ← Mova's choice

Play faster and press the buttons harder so you finally beat it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Play	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 press	cc
4	press	press	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Play	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 buttons	det
6	buttons	button	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 press	obj
7	harder	hard	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 press	advmod
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 beat	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 beat	nsubj
10	finally	finally	ADV	_	11 beat	advmod
11	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Play	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 beat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	play	imperative	you not said here		fast property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	press	infinitive	you not said here	the buttons	hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme
3	beat	present	you	it	finally property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 2

Smash the controller a bit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smash	smash	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 Smash	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Smash	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	imperative	you not said here	the controller				a bit obl:unmarked	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent controller=Theme

Option 3

Keep going till you win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	till	till	SCONJ	_	5 win	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 win	nsubj
5	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 going	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	tree rules
2	go	gerund	you not said here	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	win	present	you	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Take a break and a drink, an angry brain plays worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 break	det
3	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 drink	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 drink	det
6	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 plays	punct
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 brain	det
9	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 brain	amod
10	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plays	nsubj
11	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	parataxis
12	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 plays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	a break and a drink					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent break=Theme
2	play	present	a angry brain					bad property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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