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title: Identify the principal function of early bodily signs of anger, such… — Anger and fears · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal function of early bodily signs of anger, such as a hot face. Exam question 1 of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Anger and fears

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Identify the principal function of early bodily signs of anger, such as a hot face.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, sign · **To what, where:** principal function, anger

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal function of early bodily signs of anger, such as a hot face.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	bodily	bodily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal function of early bodily signs of anger and a hot face |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |
| 2 | **sign** |  |  | anger and a hot face |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They signal that one ought to shout loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:e1:o1:1
# text = They signal that one ought to shout loudly
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	signal	signal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signal** *speech: other* | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | ought | one |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They signal that one ought to pause

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:e1:o2:1
# text = They signal that one ought to pause
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	signal	signal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pause	pause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signal** *speech: other* | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V when S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pause** | ought | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They indicate that one is becoming ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:e1:o3:1
# text = They indicate that one is becoming ill
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
7	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **become** | present · progressive | one |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They have no meaning of any kind whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:e1:o4:1
# text = They have no meaning of any kind whatsoever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | no meaning of any kind |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** |  |  | any kind |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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