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title: A girl in Liverpool feels her heart pounding when her friend cheats… — Handling anger · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Liverpool feels her heart pounding when her friend cheats in a game. What is the wisest first step? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 89 «Handling anger» 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 1 · ★ · Handling anger

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A girl in Liverpool feels her heart pounding when her friend cheats in a game. What is the wisest first step?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, heart, friend, wisest first step · **What happens:** feel, pound, cheat, be · **To what, where:** heart, game

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 89 «Handling anger» 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/89-handling-anger/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Liverpool feels her heart pounding when her friend cheats in a game.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t1:1
# text = A girl in Liverpool feels her heart pounding when her friend cheats in a game.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	pounding	pound	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	cheats	cheat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | a girl in Liverpool | girl's heart |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme |
| 2 | **pound** | gerund | girl's heart *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **cheat** | present | girl's friend |  |  | a game |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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:* What is the wisest first step?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t1:2
# text = What is the wisest first step?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wisest first step |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Tell the friend she hates her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t1:o1:1
# text = Tell the friend she hates her
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the friend |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |
| 2 | **hate** | present | friend | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Throw the whole game board onto the floor in front of her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t1:o2:1
# text = Throw the whole game board onto the floor in front of her
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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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 whole game board |  | the floor |  | in front of her | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent board=Theme onto floor=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cheat as well to make it fair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t1:o3:1
# text = Cheat as well to make it fair
1	Cheat	cheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	5	advmod	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	fixed	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | Cheat | it |  |  |  | fair *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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

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Pause and breathe before she says anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t1:o4:1
# text = Pause and breathe before she says anything
1	Pause	pause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **breathe** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | she | anything |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

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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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