Test 15 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

new step-dad, i'm so angry, not gonna talk to anyone

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: new step dad · What happens: be, not talk

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 96 «Grandparents, divorce and step-families» 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	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dad	amod
2	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dad	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 step	punct
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 angry	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dad	punct
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 angry	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 angry	cop
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 angry	advmod
9	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 talk	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 talk	advmod
12	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	13 talk	dep
13	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 angry	parataxis
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 anyone	case
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	new step dad					angry property	tree rules
2	not talk	infinitive						to anyone	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-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

Break his things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 things	nmod:poss
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	imperative	you not said here	his things					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Patient

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

It's ok to feel angry, tell a trusted adult how you feel

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 ok	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ok	cop
3	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 feel	mark
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ok	csubj
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 feel	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
10	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 adult	amod
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 feel	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 feel	nsubj
14	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		ok property	tree rules
2	feel	to-infinitive			angry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive		a trusted adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic
4	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	feel	present	you			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Bottle it up, it goes away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bottle	bottle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Bottle	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Bottle	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 goes	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 goes	nsubj
6	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Bottle	conj
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bottle up	imperative	you not said here	it					vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	go away	present	it					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Shout at him every day so he knows how angry you are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shout	obl
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl:unmarked
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 knows	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	conj
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 angry	advmod
10	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 knows	ccomp
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 angry	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 angry	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	day	at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	know	present	he			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	you		angry property	tree rules

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