Test 3 · ★ · Handling anger

A boy kicked the wall in a temper and hurt his foot. Which would have been a safer way to let anger out?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: kick, hurt, be, let out · To what, where: wall, temper, foot, safer way, anger

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy kicked the wall in a temper and hurt his foot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kicked	nsubj
3	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kicked	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 temper	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 temper	det
8	temper	temper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kicked	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hurt	cc
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kicked	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 foot	nmod:poss
12	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hurt	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	a boy	the wall		a temper			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wall=Patient in temper=Location
2	hurt	past	a boy not said here	boy's foot					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer foot=Patient

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.

Sentence 2: Which would have been a safer way to let anger out?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 way	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 way	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 way	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 way	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 let	mark
9	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 way	acl
10	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 let	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	9 let	compound:prt
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	would · perfect		a safer way					tree rules
2	let out	to-infinitive		anger					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme

The options

Option 1

Punching a friend's school bag as hard as he could instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Punching	punch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bag	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 friend	case
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bag	compound
6	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Punching	obj
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 hard	advmod
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Punching	advmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 could	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 could	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hard	advcl
12	instead	instead	ADV	_	11 could	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punch	gerund		a friend's school bag				hard property	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient

Option 2

Kicking the door instead of the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kicking	kick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kicking	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	7 wall	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 instead	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kicking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	gerund		the door				instead the wall	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 3

Throwing his shoes at the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 shoes	nmod:poss
3	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throwing	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 window	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 window	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throwing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	gerund		his shoes		the window			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme at window=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stamping his feet outside or squeezing a pillow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stamping	stamp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 feet	nmod:poss
3	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stamping	obj
4	outside	outside	ADV	_	1 Stamping	advmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 squeezing	cc
6	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Stamping	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pillow	det
8	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 squeezing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stamp	gerund		his feet				outside property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination
2	squeeze	gerund		a pillow					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pillow=Theme

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