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title: A boy thinks the referee's call was unfair. Which way is most likely… — Handling anger and everyday fears · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy thinks the referee's call was unfair. Which way is most likely to be heard? Test 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

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A boy thinks the referee's call was unfair. Which way is most likely to be heard?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, call, referee, way · **What happens:** think, be, call, hear · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy thinks the referee's call was unfair.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t2:1
# text = A boy thinks the referee's call was unfair.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the referee's call |  |  |  |  | unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** |  | the referee |  |  |  |  |  | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which way is most likely to be heard?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t2:2
# text = Which way is most likely to be heard?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which way |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive · passive | which way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus» |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Refuse to play again for the rest of the season

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t2:o1:1
# text = Refuse to play again for the rest of the season
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **play** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again | for the rest of the season | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for rest=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Throw the ball hard at the referee to show him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t2:o2:1
# text = Throw the ball hard at the referee to show him
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ball |  | the referee |  | hard *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ball=Theme at referee=Destination |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Storm off the pitch, shouting at everyone there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t2:o3:1
# text = Storm off the pitch, shouting at everyone there
1	Storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | Storm off the pitch *not said here* |  |  | everyone |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Calmly explain why he thinks it is unfair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t2:o4:1
# text = Calmly explain why he thinks it is unfair
1	Calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calmly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | unfair *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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