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title: so mad at my bro i wanna slam the door — Handling anger and everyday fears · tree and pragmatics
description: so mad at my bro i wanna slam the door Test 11 · ★ 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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# Test 11 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

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so mad at my bro i wanna slam the door

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** wanna, slam · **To what, where:** bro, door

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t11:1
# text = so mad at my bro i wanna slam the door
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wanna	wanna	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	slam	slam	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wanna** | present | i | my bro *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **slam** | infinitive |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=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 {#o1}

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Slam it, it helps the anger out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t11:o1:1
# text = Slam it, it helps the anger out
1	Slam	slam	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slam** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **help out** | present | it | the anger |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Slam it but check his fingers first so nobody's hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t11:o2:1
# text = Slam it but check his fingers first so nobody's hurt
1	Slam	slam	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slam** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **check** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his fingers |  |  |  | first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme |
| 3 | **hurt** | participle · passive |  | nobody |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kick the door instead of slamming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t11:o3:1
# text = Kick the door instead of slamming
1	Kick	kick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	6	mark	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	slamming	slam	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | imperative | you *not said here* | the door |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 2 | **slam** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |

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

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Close it gently and talk once you're calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t11:o4:1
# text = Close it gently and talk once you're calm
1	Close	close	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | 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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