Test 12 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army…

honestly, what does "edgewise" even mean in "get a word in edgewise"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, mean, get · To what, where: word, edgewise · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 630 «The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army animals talk about being scared and about fighting» of the books 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	4 does	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 honestly	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 edgewise	punct
6	edgewise	edgewise	ADV	_	4 does	advmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	9 mean	advmod
9	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	parataxis
10	in	in	SCONJ	_	12 get	mark
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 mean	ccomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 word	det
14	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 edgewise	case
16	edgewise	edgewise	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 mean	punct
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present			edgewise, honestly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get in a quote	infinitive	a word	edgewise		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

a way of standing at the edge of a crowd to be heard by the whole group of people at once

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 standing	mark
4	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 way	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 edge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 edge	det
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 standing	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 crowd	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 crowd	det
10	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 edge	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	13 heard	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 heard	aux:pass
13	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 crowd	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	17 group	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 group	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 group	amod
17	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 heard	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 people	case
19	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 group	nmod
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 once	case
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund	a way not said here			the edge of a crowd			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=Location
2	hear	to-infinitive · passive	the whole group of people						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

squeezing your word in while others keep talking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 word	nmod:poss
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 squeezing	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	1 squeezing	compound:prt
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 keep	mark
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keep	nsubj
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 squeezing	advcl
8	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	squeeze in	gerund		your word	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	keep	present	others		tree rules
3	talk	gerund	others not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	word		your		nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

speaking when the others have stopped talking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stopped	nsubj
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 stopped	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 others	det
4	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stopped	nsubj
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stopped	aux
6	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stopped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	present · perfect	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	talk	gerund	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

squeezing your word in while others keep talking, even when they are loud and do not pause

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 word	nmod:poss
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 squeezing	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	1 squeezing	compound:prt
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 keep	mark
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keep	nsubj
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 squeezing	advcl
8	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 loud	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	14 loud	advmod
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 loud	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 loud	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 loud	cop
14	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 squeezing	advcl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 pause	cc
16	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 pause	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 pause	advmod
18	pause	pause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 loud	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	squeeze in	gerund		your word		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	keep	present	others			tree rules
3	talk	gerund	others not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	others = other		loud property	tree rules
5	not pause	infinitive · do-support	others = other not said here			vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
6	word		your			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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