--- title: A family agrees, "If we get separated, we meet at the big clock." Wh… — Handling anger and everyday fears · tree and pragmatics description: A family agrees, "If we get separated, we meet at the big clock." Why does this help? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears A family agrees, "If we get separated, we meet at the big clock." Why does this help? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family, we, this · **What happens:** agree, separate, meet, help · **To what, where:** we, big clock · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A family agrees, "If we get separated, we meet at the big clock." ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t9:1 # text = A family agrees, "If we get separated, we meet at the big clock." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 agrees agree VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 If if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | a family | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **separate** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · passive | | we | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **meet** *in a quote* | present | we | | | the big clock | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why does this help? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t9:2 # text = Why does this help? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present · do-support | this | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Everyone knows exactly what to do if it happens ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t9:o1:1 # text = Everyone knows exactly what to do if it happens 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | Everyone | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Clocks keep children from getting lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t9:o2:1 # text = Clocks keep children from getting lost 1 Clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Clocks | children | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 2 | **get** | gerund | Clocks *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **lose** | participle | Clocks *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It makes getting lost completely impossible for anyone in the family ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t9:o3:1 # text = It makes getting lost completely impossible for anyone in the family 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 5 completely completely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | for anyone; impossible *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for anyone=Beneficiary | | 3 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It means children can wander off alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t9:o4:1 # text = It means children can wander off alone 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 wander wander VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wander off** | can | children | | | | | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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