Test 9 · ★ · Handling anger

so mad at my bro i wanna smack him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i · What happens: wanna, smack · To what, where: bro, him

This is test 9 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	2 mad	advmod
2	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 bro	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bro	nmod:poss
5	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mad	obl
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 wanna	nsubj
7	wanna	wanna	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bro	acl:relcl
8	smack	smack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 mad	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 smack	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wanna	present	i	my bro not said here					tree rules
2	smack	infinitive		him = he					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ← Mova's choice

Smack him softly, that is okay as long as it doesnt hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smack	smack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Smack	obj
3	softly	softly	ADV	_	1 Smack	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 okay	punct
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 okay	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 okay	cop
7	okay	okay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Smack	parataxis
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 long	advmod
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 okay	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 doesnt	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 doesnt	nsubj
12	doesnt	doesnt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 okay	obl
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 doesnt	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	smack	imperative	you not said here	him = he	softly property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	is	present	that		as doesnt; okay property	tree rules
3	hurt	participle		doesnt not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Throw his toys across the room instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 toys	nmod:poss
3	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obj
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Throw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	his toys		the room		instead property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Walk away, breathe and count to ten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 breathe	punct
4	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 count	cc
6	count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 ten	case
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	walk away	imperative	you not said here	away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	breathe	infinitive	you not said here		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	count	infinitive	you not said here	to ten	vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to ten=Experiencer

Option 4

Smack him hard so he learns his lesson

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smack	smack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Smack	obj
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Smack	advmod
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 learns	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 learns	nsubj
6	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Smack	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lesson	nmod:poss
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smack	imperative	you not said here	him = he				hard property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	learn	present	he	his lesson					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic

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