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# Test 8 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

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A boy keeps watching news about war and feels frightened all the time. What would help most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** keep, watch, feel, frighten, help · **To what, where:** news

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy keeps watching news about war and feels frightened all the time.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t8:1
# text = A boy keeps watching news about war and feels frightened all the time.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | a boy *not said here* | news |  |  |  | about war | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme |
| 3 | **feel** | present | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **frighten** | participle | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* What would help most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t8:2
# text = What would help most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keeping the fear a secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t8:o1:1
# text = Keeping the fear a secret
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the fear |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Staying awake to watch the late news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t8:o2:1
# text = Staying awake to watch the late news
1	Staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive |  | the late news |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Watching more news to understand everything that is going on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t8:o3:1
# text = Watching more news to understand everything that is going on
1	Watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund |  | more news |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme |
| 2 | **understand** | to-infinitive |  | everything |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus |
| 3 | **go on** | present · progressive | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Watching less news and talking with an adult about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t8:o4:1
# text = Watching less news and talking with an adult about it
1	Watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund |  | less news |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with a adult about adult | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with adult=Co-Agent |

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