Test 14 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

lunch line so slow, gonna push to the front

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lunch line · What happens: push · To what, where: front

This is test 14 · ★ 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	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 line	compound
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 push	nsubj:outer
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 slow	advmod
4	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 line	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 push	punct
6	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	7 push	dep
7	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 front	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 front	det
10	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	infinitive	lunch line			the front			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent to front=Trajectory

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

Push in where the little kids are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 where	case
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	1 Push	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kids	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kids	amod
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 where	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 where	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the little kids					where property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Wait your turn, pushing can spill hot food on someone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	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 Wait	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 spill	punct
5	pushing	push	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 spill	csubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 spill	aux
7	spill	spill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	parataxis
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 food	amod
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spill	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 someone	case
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 spill	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	your turn		tree rules
2	push	gerund				vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	spill	can	pushing	hot food	someone	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme

Option 3

Push gently, then it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Push	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fine	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 fine	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fine	expl
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Push	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here					gently property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you not said here				then	fine property	tree rules

Option 4

Push, you're the hungriest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hungriest	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 hungriest	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hungriest	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hungriest	det
6	hungriest	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Push	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you					hungry property	tree rules

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