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title: A boy saw a frightening scene in a film and keeps thinking about it.… — Handling anger and everyday fears · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy saw a frightening scene in a film and keeps thinking about it. Why might talking to his mum help? Test 6 · ★ 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 cho
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# Test 6 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

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A boy saw a frightening scene in a film and keeps thinking about it. Why might talking to his mum help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** see, keep, think, talk, help · **To what, where:** frightening scene, film

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy saw a frightening scene in a film and keeps thinking about it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t6:1
# text = A boy saw a frightening scene in a film and keeps thinking about it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | a boy | a frightening scene |  | a film |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scene=Stimulus |
| 2 | **keep** | present | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about film | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

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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:* Why might talking to his mum help?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t6:2
# text = Why might talking to his mum help?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | might |  |  |  |  |  | to boy's mum help | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to help=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **help** |  | boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Talking only works for adults, not for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t6:o1:1
# text = Talking only works for adults, not for children
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for adults and children | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for adult=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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His mum will make him watch it all again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t6:o2:1
# text = His mum will make him watch it all again
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | future | His mum | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | it |  |  | again |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Talking about it makes the scene come true in real life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t6:o3:1
# text = Talking about it makes the scene come true in real life
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about it | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present | Talking | the scene |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | infinitive | the scene *not said here* |  |  | real life |  | true *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in life=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Talking about a fear makes it smaller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t6:o4:1
# text = Talking about a fear makes it smaller
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about a fear | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about fear=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present | Talking | fear |  |  |  | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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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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