Test 17 · ★ · Handling anger

my brother reckons u should get revenge straight away or ppl think ur weak

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, u, ppl · What happens: reckon, get, think · To what, where: revenge

This is test 17 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reckons	ccomp
7	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 get	advmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 think	cc
11	ppl	people	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	12 think	nsubj
12	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	conj
13	ur	ur	ADV	_	14 weak	advmod
14	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 think	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my brother			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	get	should	u	revenge	away property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revenge=Stimulus
3	think speech: other	present	ppl		weak property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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

Yes, if you plan it carefully it works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 works	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 plan	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 plan	nsubj
5	plan	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 works	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 plan	obj
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	5 plan	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 works	nsubj
9	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan a condition, not said to happen	present	you	it				carefully property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	work	present	it						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, revenge usually makes a fight bigger, so tell a teacher instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 revenge	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	nsubj
4	usually	usually	ADV	_	5 makes	advmod
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fight	det
7	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obj
8	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 makes	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tell	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 tell	advmod
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 makes	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 teacher	det
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obj
14	instead	instead	ADV	_	11 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	revenge	a fight				big, usually property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fight=Product
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	revenge not said here		a teacher			instead property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Option 3

Yes, quick payback stops people picking on you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 quick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 payback	amod
4	payback	payback	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stops	nsubj
5	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stops	obj
7	picking	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 people	acl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 picking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	quick payback	people					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality people=Eventuality
2	pick	gerund	people not said here					on you	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on you=Patient

Option 4

Yes, but only if they hit you first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hit	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 hit	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 hit	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 hit	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hit	nsubj
7	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 hit	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 hit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	they	you				first property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Co-Theme

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