Test 2 · ★ · Facing fears

Why does stage fright not mean you will do badly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: not mean, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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	6 mean	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	aux
3	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fright	compound
4	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 mean	advmod
6	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 do	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 mean	ccomp
10	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 do	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mean	present · do-support							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	future	you					badly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

Almost everyone feels it, and it often fades once you start

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Almost	almost	ADV	_	2 everyone	advmod
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 feels	nsubj
3	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 feels	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fades	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fades	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fades	nsubj
8	often	often	ADV	_	9 fades	advmod
9	fades	fade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 feels	conj
10	once	once	SCONJ	_	12 start	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 start	nsubj
12	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fades	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	present	everyone	it		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	fade	present	it		often property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	start	present	you			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

It only happens to bad actors

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	3 happens	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 happens	advmod
3	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 actors	case
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 actors	amod
6	actors	actor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	It					to bad actors	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It makes your voice louder and better

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	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 voice	nmod:poss
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 better	cc
7	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 louder	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	your voice				loud property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material voice=Product

Option 4

It means you have not practised enough and will forget your lines

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	6 practised	nsubj
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 practised	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 practised	advmod
6	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp
7	enough	enough	ADV	_	6 practised	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 forget	cc
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 forget	aux
10	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lines	nmod:poss
12	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not practise	present · perfect	you		enough property	tree rules
3	forget	future		your lines		tree rules

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