Test 19 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

everyone's saying that boy with the stammer takes forever to talk so don't pick him for the quiz team. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, boy · What happens: say, take, talk, not pick, pass on · To what, where: boy, team · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 takes	mark
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 takes	nsubj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 stammer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stammer	det
8	stammer	stammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boy	nmod
9	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
10	forever	forever	ADV	_	9 takes	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 talk	mark
12	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 takes	advcl
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 pick	advmod
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 pick	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 pick	advmod
16	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 talk	parataxis
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 pick	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	21 team	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 team	det
20	quiz	quiz	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 team	compound
21	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pick	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct
23	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 pass	obj
25	on	on	ADP	_	23 pass	compound:prt
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take	present	boy with the stammer		forever property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	talk	to-infinitive	boy with the stammer not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not pick	infinitive · do-support		boy	for the quiz team	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for team=Beneficiary
5	pass on	infinitive	everyone not said here	team		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

Yes, it's just being practical

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 practical	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 practical	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 practical	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 practical	advmod
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 practical	cop
7	practical	practical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					practical property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the quiz team needs fast talkers to win anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 needs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 team	det
4	quiz	quiz	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 team	compound
5	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	nsubj
6	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 talkers	amod
8	talkers	talker	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 needs	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 win	mark
10	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 needs	advcl
11	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the quiz team	fast talkers					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot talker=Theme
2	win	to-infinitive	the quiz team not said here	anything					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, wait patiently and let him finish his words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 wait	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	patiently	patiently	ADV	_	3 wait	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wait	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 words	nmod:poss
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 finish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		patiently property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	him = he		tree rules
3	finish	infinitive	him = he not said here	his words		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality word=Eventuality
4	word		his = he			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Yes, but say it nicely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 say	cc
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	obj
6	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	4 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	it				nicely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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