Test 14 · ★ · Handling anger

mate shoved me so i'm gonna shove him back harder

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, i · What happens: shove, shove back · To what, where: me, mate

This is test 14 · ★ 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shoved	nsubj
2	shoved	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 shoved	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	8 shove	advmod
5	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 shove	nsubj
6	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shove	aux
7	gonna	gonna	PART	_	8 shove	mark
8	shove	shove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shoved	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shove	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	8 shove	advmod
11	harder	hard	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 shove	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	past	mate	me					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
2	shove back	present	i	mate				hard property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

Step back and get an adult, pushing can hurt someone badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Step	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 get	cc
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Step	conj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hurt	punct
8	pushing	push	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 hurt	csubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 hurt	aux
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Step	conj
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 hurt	obj
12	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 hurt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	step back	imperative	you not said here			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	infinitive	you not said here	a adult		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus
3	push	gerund				vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
4	hurt	can	pushing	someone	badly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient

Option 2

Hit him when no one sees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hit	obj
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 sees	mark
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 one	det
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sees	nsubj
6	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hit	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme
2	see	present	no one						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Push back, it's fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Push	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Push	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fair	expl
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fair	cop
6	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Push	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push back	imperative	you not said here						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present						fair property	tree rules

Option 4

Push him really hard and then just say sorry later if a teacher asks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Push	obj
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 hard	advmod
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Push	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 say	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 say	advmod
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Push	conj
9	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 say	xcomp
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 say	advmod
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 asks	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 teacher	det
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 asks	nsubj
14	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 say	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here	him = he		hard property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	say speech: apologize	infinitive	you not said here		then	late, sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	present	a teacher				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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