--- title: flash then i counted 10, now 15 to the bang. coming or going? — Handling anger and everyday fears · tree and pragmatics description: flash then i counted 10, now 15 to the bang. coming or going? Test 12 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Handling anger and everyday fears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears flash then i counted 10, now 15 to the bang. coming or going? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** flash · **What happens:** count, come, go · **To what, where:** 10 This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t12:1 # text = flash then i counted 10, now 15 to the bang. coming or going? 1 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bang bang NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 13 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | past | flash | 10 | | | then | 15 to the bang *obl* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 10=Theme | | 2 | **come** | gerund | flash *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | gerund | flash *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Going away, the gap is getting longer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t12:o1:1 # text = Going away, the gap is getting longer 1 Going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gap gap NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 xcomp _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** | gerund | | the gap | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present · progressive | Going | | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} You can't tell from counting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t12:o2:1 # text = You can't tell from counting 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 counting counting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | You | | | counting | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Staying still, it's the same storm ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t12:o3:1 # text = Staying still, it's the same storm 1 Staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 csubj _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | gerund | | | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | the same storm | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Coming closer, because the gap is getting longer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t12:o4:1 # text = Coming closer, because the gap is getting longer 1 Coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 2 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gap gap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | gerund | | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present · progressive | the gap | | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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. 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