Test 2 · ★ · Handling anger

Why might you say something you regret when you are very angry?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: say, regret, be · To what, where: something · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 say	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 say	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 regret	nsubj
7	regret	regret	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 something	acl:relcl
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 angry	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 angry	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 angry	cop
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 angry	advmod
12	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 regret	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	might	you	something		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic
2	regret	present	you			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	you		angry property	tree rules

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

Anger always makes you more honest than you usually are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 makes	advmod
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 makes	obj
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 honest	advmod
6	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 makes	xcomp
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 you	case
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 honest	obl
9	usually	usually	ADV	_	10 are	advmod
10	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 makes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Anger	you				always, honest property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product
2	be	present	Anger not said here					usually property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The thinking part of the brain has not caught up yet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 part	det
2	thinking	thinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	compound
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 caught	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 brain	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brain	det
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 caught	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 caught	advmod
9	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 caught	compound:prt
11	yet	yet	ADV	_	9 caught	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not catch up	present · perfect · passive		the thinking part of the brain			yet		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Your mouth works faster when you are hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mouth	nmod:poss
2	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 works	nsubj
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 works	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 hot	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 hot	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hot	cop
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 works	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Your mouth					fast property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you					hot property	tree rules

Option 4

Angry words are always true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 words	amod
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 true	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 true	advmod
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Angry words					always, true property	tree rules

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