Test 9 · ★ · Facing fears

Why does facing a fear in small steps work?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: face, work · To what, where: fear

This is test 9 · ★ 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	3 facing	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 facing	aux
3	facing	face	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 work	csubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fear	det
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 facing	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 steps	case
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 steps	amod
8	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 work	obl
9	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	present · do-support		a fear					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fear=Destination
2	work	imperative	you not said here					in small steps	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in step=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Courage grows a little each time you succeed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 little	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grows	obj
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	obl:unmarked
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 succeed	nsubj
8	succeed	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 time	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Courage	a little			time		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location little=Theme
2	succeed	present	you	each time not said here					tree rules

Option 2

It is quicker than doing it all at once, so the fear has no time

The tree, 15 words

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 quicker	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 quicker	cop
3	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	SCONJ	_	5 doing	mark
5	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 quicker	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 doing	obj
7	all	all	ADV	_	9 once	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 doing	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 has	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 has	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fear	det
13	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 has	nsubj
14	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 quicker	conj
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 time	det
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			quick property	tree rules
2	do	gerund		it		once property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	have	present	the fear		time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Fear disappears the moment you start

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disappears	nsubj
2	disappears	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moment	det
4	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disappears	obj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 start	nsubj
6	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moment	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	present	Fear				moment		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	start	present	you	the moment not said here					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moment=Eventuality

Option 4

Small steps make the danger bigger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 steps	amod
2	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 danger	det
5	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Small steps	the danger				big property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset danger=Product

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