Test 16 · ★ · Handling anger

did u hear Callum flipped a table in maths cos he lost at a quiz, chairs flew everywhere, they said he's getting expelled

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, Callum, chairs · What happens: hear, flip, lose, fly, say, get · To what, where: table, maths, quiz · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Callum	Callum	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 flipped	nsubj
5	flipped	flip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 table	det
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flipped	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 maths	case
9	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flipped	obl
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 lost	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lost	nsubj
12	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flipped	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 quiz	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 quiz	det
15	quiz	quiz	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lost	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 flew	punct
17	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 flew	nsubj
18	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 lost	conj
19	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	18 flew	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 said	nsubj
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 getting	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 getting	aux
25	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 said	ccomp
26	expelled	expel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	flip	past	Callum	a table	maths		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent table=Theme in math=Destination
3	lose	past	Callum		a quiz		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent at quiz=Eventuality
4	fly	past	chairs			everywhere property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	say speech: assert	past	chairs = chair				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	get	present · progressive	Callum				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7	expel	participle	Callum not said here				vn banish-10.2 «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.

The options

Option 1

Anger always ends with chairs flying, it cannot be stopped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ends	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 ends	advmod
3	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 chairs	case
5	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ends	obl
6	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 chairs	acl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 ends	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stopped	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 stopped	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 stopped	advmod
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 stopped	aux:pass
12	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ends	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	end	present	Anger		with chairs; always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with chair=Subeventuality
2	fly	gerund	chairs not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not stop	can · passive		Anger		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

It must be true because everyone is saying it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 saying	mark
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 saying	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 saying	aux
8	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 true	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					true property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Acting in anger without stopping breaks things and hurts people; the expelled part is likely just rumour

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 breaks	csubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 anger	case
3	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Acting	obl
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	5 stopping	mark
5	stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Acting	advcl
6	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 breaks	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hurts	cc
9	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 breaks	conj
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hurts	obj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 likely	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 part	det
13	expelled	expel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 part	amod
14	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 likely	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 likely	cop
16	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 breaks	parataxis
17	just	just	ADV	_	18 rumour	advmod
18	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 likely	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	act	gerund			anger		vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	gerund					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	break	present	Acting	things			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Patient
4	hurt	present	Acting not said here	people			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient
5	expel	participle					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	is	present	the expelled part			rumour obl; likely property	tree rules

Option 4

Flipping a table is fine if you really lost unfairly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flipping	flip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 fine	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 table	det
3	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Flipping	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 lost	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 lost	nsubj
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 lost	advmod
9	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	advcl
10	unfairly	unfairly	ADV	_	9 lost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	flip	gerund		a table		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme
2	is	present	Flipping		fine property	tree rules
3	lose a condition, not said to happen	past	you		unfairly property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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