Test 4 · ★ · Handling anger
Two boys argue; one plans to scratch the other's bike after school. What will most likely happen?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two boys, one · What happens: argue, plan, scratch, happen · To what, where: bike
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Two boys argue; one plans to scratch the other's bike after school.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 boys | nummod |
| 2 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 argue | nsubj |
| 3 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 plans | punct |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 plans | nsubj |
| 6 | plans | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 argue | advcl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 scratch | mark |
| 8 | scratch | scratch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 plans | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 other | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 bike | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 other | case |
| 12 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 scratch | obj |
| 13 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 school | case |
| 14 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 scratch | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 argue | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | argue speech: disagree | present | Two boys | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | plan | present | one | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | scratch not said to happen | to-infinitive | one not said here | the other's bike | after school | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=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.
Sentence 2: What will most likely happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 happen | advmod |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | future | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Everything will be fair and forgotten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 fair | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fair | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fair | cop |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 forgotten | cc |
| 6 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 fair | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | Everything | fair property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | forget | participle | Everything not said here | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The fight will get bigger and both will be in trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fight | det |
| 2 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 trouble | cc |
| 7 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 trouble | nsubj |
| 8 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 trouble | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 trouble | cop |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 trouble | case |
| 11 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | the fight | big property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | future | both | trouble | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The other boy will say sorry at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 boy | amod |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 say | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | future | the other boy | sorry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic |
Option 4
The teacher will thank him for sorting it out himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thank | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 thank | aux |
| 4 | thank | thank | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thank | obj |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 sorting | mark |
| 7 | sorting | sort | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 thank | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sorting | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 sorting | compound:prt |
| 10 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 sorting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | future | the teacher | him = he | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sort out | gerund | the teacher not said here | teacher | himself = he obl | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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