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title: State the measure appropriate after viewing a frightening film. — Handling anger and everyday fears · tree and pragmatics
description: State the measure appropriate after viewing a frightening film. Exam question 4 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 4 · Handling anger and everyday fears

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State the measure appropriate after viewing a frightening film.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, view · **To what, where:** measure, frightening film

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e4:1
# text = State the measure appropriate after viewing a frightening film.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	viewing	view	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the measure |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent measure=Topic |
| 2 | **view** | gerund | you *not said here* | a frightening film |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer film=Stimulus |

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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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Sleeping with every light switched on all night for a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e4:o1:1
# text = Sleeping with every light switched on all night for a week
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  | week | with every light | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **switch** | participle |  | every light *not said here* |  |  | night |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Speaking with a parent and doing something calm before bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e4:o2:1
# text = Speaking with a parent and doing something calm before bed
1	Speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with a parent | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with parent=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  | something |  |  | before bed |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Watching a further frightening film

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e4:o3:1
# text = Watching a further frightening film
1	Watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund |  | a further frightening film |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Remaining awake until the fear has passed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:e4:o4:1
# text = Remaining awake until the fear has passed
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | present · perfect | the fear |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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