Test 5 · ★ · Handling anger

Why is it good to notice your own early signs of anger?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: your · What happens: be, notice, sign · To what, where: own early signs, anger

This is test 5 · ★ 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 good	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 good	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 good	expl
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 notice	mark
6	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 good	csubj
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 signs	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 signs	amod
9	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 signs	amod
10	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 notice	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 anger	case
12	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signs	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			good property	tree rules
2	notice	to-infinitive		your own early signs of anger		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus
3	sign		your	anger		nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=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.

The options

Option 1

It means you never feel angry about anything ever again

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 feel	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 feel	advmod
5	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 anything	case
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 angry	obl
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 again	advmod
10	again	again	ADV	_	5 feel	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not feel	present	you				again	angry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

It lets you get angry faster

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	2 lets	nsubj
2	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 lets	obj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lets	xcomp
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
6	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	It	you					tree rules
2	get	infinitive	you not said here					angry, fast property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

It makes the anger last longer

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 anger	det
4	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
6	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 last	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the anger					tree rules
2	last	infinitive	the anger not said here					long property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

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

The earlier you catch it, the easier it is to calm down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 earlier	det
2	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 catch	advmod
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 catch	nsubj
4	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 easier	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 catch	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 easier	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 easier	det
8	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 calm	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 calm	cop
11	to	to	PART	_	12 calm	mark
12	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 easier	csubj
13	down	down	ADP	_	12 calm	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	you	it				early property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	it					calm property	tree rules

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