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title: Identify the principal benefit of recognising the early signs of ang… — Handling anger and everyday fears · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal benefit of recognising the early signs of anger, such as a tight chest or a hot face. Exam question 2 of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 2 · Handling anger and everyday fears

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Identify the principal benefit of recognising the early signs of anger, such as a tight chest or a hot face.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal benefit · **What happens:** identify, recognise, sign · **To what, where:** principal benefit, early signs, anger

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday 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/291-handling-anger-and-fear/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal benefit of recognising the early signs of anger, such as a tight chest or 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	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	recognising	recognise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 benefit |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent benefit=Theme |
| 2 | **recognise** | gerund | the principal benefit *not said here* | the early signs of anger |  |  |  | such a tight chest or a hot face | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus |
| 3 | **sign** |  |  | anger |  |  |  | such a tight chest or a hot face | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient such=obl |

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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 {#o1}

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Such signs mean that shouting is justified

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e2:o1:1
# text = Such signs mean that shouting is justified
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	shouting	shouting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	justified	justified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Such signs |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | shouting |  |  |  |  | justified *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such signs show that the other person is wrong and should apologise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e2:o2:1
# text = Such signs show that the other person is wrong and should apologise
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	apologise	apologise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Such signs |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the other person |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | should | the other person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such signs indicate that one is ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e2:o3:1
# text = Such signs indicate that one is ill
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	indicate	indicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | Such signs |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | present | one |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The earlier anger is noticed, the easier it is to calm down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e2:o4:1
# text = The earlier anger is noticed, the easier it is to calm down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	noticed	notice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	parataxis	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	calm	calm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	csubj	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | present · passive |  | the earlier anger |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | anger |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |

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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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