Test 10 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

queue for the ice cream van is massive, gonna sneak in the front

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: queue · What happens: be

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 223 «Queues, taking turns and interrupting» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 massive	nsubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	6 van	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 van	det
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cream	compound
5	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 van	compound
6	van	van	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 queue	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 massive	cop
8	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sneak	punct
10	gonna	gonna	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sneak	amod
11	sneak	sneak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 massive	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 front	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 front	det
14	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sneak	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	queue for the cream van					massive 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

Option 1

Pretend you were there first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 there	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 there	cop
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Pretend	xcomp
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 there	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	you					first, there property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Join the end and wait your turn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 end	det
3	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Join	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wait	cc
5	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Join	conj
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 turn	nmod:poss
7	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wait	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	imperative	you not said here	the end					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Patient
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here	your turn					tree rules

Option 3

Ask your friend to save a place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 friend	nmod:poss
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 save	mark
5	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 place	det
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		your friend				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic
2	save not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	a place					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

Option 4

Push to the front

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 front	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 front	det
4	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here			the front			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent to front=Trajectory

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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