Test 8 · ★ · Handling anger

Why is holding on to anger for a long time a bad idea?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: hold on · To what, where: bad idea

This is test 8 · ★ 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	3 holding	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 holding	aux
3	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 holding	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 anger	case
6	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holding	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 time	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holding	obl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 idea	det
12	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 idea	amod
13	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holding	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 holding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	present · progressive		a bad idea			time	to anger	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=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.

The options

Option 1

It makes the other person feel much sorrier

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	5 person	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
6	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
7	much	much	ADV	_	8 sorrier	advmod
8	sorrier	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the other person					tree rules
2	feel	infinitive	the other person not said here					sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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

It keeps you unhappy long after the problem

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	obj
4	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	advmod
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 problem	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 problem	det
8	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	you			after the problem	long, unhappy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3

It shows everyone that you are strong and not to be messed with

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 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 shows	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 strong	nsubj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 strong	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 strong	cop
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 everyone	acl:relcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 messed	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 messed	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	12 messed	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 messed	aux:pass
12	messed	mess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 strong	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	12 messed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	show	present	It	everyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
2	is	present			strong property	tree rules
3	not mess	to-infinitive · passive				tree rules

Option 4

It keeps you safe from new problems

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	obj
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 problems	case
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 problems	amod
7	problems	problem	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	you				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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