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title: It is given that a classmate expresses anger without evident cause.… — Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in h… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a classmate expresses anger without evident cause. Select the inference best supported by the course. Exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 3 · Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★

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It is given that a classmate expresses anger without evident cause. Select the inference best supported by the course.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** classmate, you · **What happens:** give, express, select, support · **To what, where:** It, anger, inference

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/reflection/31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a classmate expresses anger without evident cause.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:e3:1
# text = It is given that a classmate expresses anger without evident cause.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	expresses	express	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	evident	evident	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **express** | present | a classmate | anger |  |  |  | without evident cause | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme |

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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:* Select the inference best supported by the course.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:e3:2
# text = Select the inference best supported by the course.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	inference	inference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	supported	support	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the inference |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inference=Theme |
| 2 | **support** | participle |  | the inference *not said here* |  |  |  | by the course; well *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Anger demonstrates the absence of any other feeling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:e3:o1:1
# text = Anger demonstrates the absence of any other feeling
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demonstrate** | present | Anger | the absence of any other feeling |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic |
| 2 | **absent** |  |  | any other feeling |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Anger may conceal hurt or fear arising from circumstances not visible to others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:e3:o2:1
# text = Anger may conceal hurt or fear arising from circumstances not visible to others
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	arising	arise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | may | Anger | hurt fear |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient |
| 2 | **hurt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **arise** | gerund | hurt fear *not said here* |  |  | circumstances |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Anger invariably signifies wrongdoing on the part of the person to whom it is addressed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:e3:o3:1
# text = Anger invariably signifies wrongdoing on the part of the person to whom it is addressed
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
12	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | Anger | wrongdoing |  | the part of the person |  | invariably *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wrongdoing=Theme |
| 2 | **address** | present · passive | Anger *not said here* | Anger |  |  |  | the person *obl* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Anger is an emotion experienced exclusively by adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:e3:o4:1
# text = Anger is an emotion experienced exclusively by adults
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	experienced	experience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Anger | a emotion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **experience** | participle |  | a emotion *not said here* |  |  |  | by adults; exclusively *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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