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title: A boy kicked the wall in a temper and hurt his foot. Which would hav… — Handling anger · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy kicked the wall in a temper and hurt his foot. Which would have been a safer way to let anger out? Test 3 · ★ 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 3 · ★ · Handling anger

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A boy kicked the wall in a temper and hurt his foot. Which would have been a safer way to let anger out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** kick, hurt, be, let out · **To what, where:** wall, temper, foot, safer way, anger

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy kicked the wall in a temper and hurt his foot.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t3:1
# text = A boy kicked the wall in a temper and hurt his foot.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	temper	temper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past | a boy | the wall |  | a temper |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wall=Patient in temper=Location |
| 2 | **hurt** | past | a boy *not said here* | boy's foot |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer foot=Patient |

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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:* Which would have been a safer way to let anger out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t3:2
# text = Which would have been a safer way to let anger out?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would · perfect |  | a safer way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **let out** | to-infinitive |  | anger |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Punching a friend's school bag as hard as he could instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t3:o1:1
# text = Punching a friend's school bag as hard as he could instead
1	Punching	punch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punch** | gerund |  | a friend's school bag |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Kicking the door instead of the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t3:o2:1
# text = Kicking the door instead of the wall
1	Kicking	kick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | gerund |  | the door |  |  |  | instead the wall | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent door=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Throwing his shoes at the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t3:o3:1
# text = Throwing his shoes at the window
1	Throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | gerund |  | his shoes |  | the window |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme at window=Destination |

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

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Stamping his feet outside or squeezing a pillow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t3:o4:1
# text = Stamping his feet outside or squeezing a pillow
1	Stamping	stamp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stamp** | gerund |  | his feet |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination |
| 2 | **squeeze** | gerund |  | a pillow |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pillow=Theme |

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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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