--- title: Which is TRUE about courage? — Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which is TRUE about courage? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/t8/) [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/) / [Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water… Which is TRUE about courage? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t8:1 # text = Which is TRUE about courage? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 TRUE true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | about courage; true *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} You either have it from birth or you never will, however hard you try ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t8:o1:1 # text = You either have it from birth or you never will, however hard you try 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 advmod _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 however however ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 try try VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | You | it | | birth | | either *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **try** | present | you | | | | | hard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It grows by small steps, like learning to swim bit by bit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t8:o2:1 # text = It grows by small steps, like learning to swim bit by bit 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 like like SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 learning learn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | It | | | | | by small steps | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by step=Location | | 2 | **learn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **swim** | to-infinitive | | bit | | | | by bit | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bit=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} It means doing dangerous things alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t8:o3:1 # text = It means doing dangerous things 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 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 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 | **do** *not said to happen* | gerund | | dangerous things | | | | alone *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} It means never feeling scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t8:o4:1 # text = It means never feeling scared 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 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 5 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **not** **feel** *not said to happen* | gerund | | | | | | scared *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | **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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