Test 13 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

been on the swing ages and theres kids waiting

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: wait

This is test 13 · ★ 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	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 waiting	aux
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 ages	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ages	det
4	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ages	compound
5	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 been	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kids	cc
7	theres	there	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 kids	compound
8	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ages	conj
9	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	participle · progressive							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Have your turn, then let the next child go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 turn	nmod:poss
3	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Have	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 let	advmod
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Have	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obj
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	have	imperative	you not said here	your turn		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Patient
2	let	infinitive		the next child	then	tree rules
3	go	infinitive	the next child not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Go higher so they leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	higher	high	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Go	advmod
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 leave	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leave	nsubj
5	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					high property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	present	they						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Stay until you're bored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 bored	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 bored	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bored	cop
5	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stay	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	you					bored property	tree rules

Option 4

Tell them it's yours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 yours	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 yours	cop
5	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	is a	present	it	yours					tree rules

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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