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Test 2 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

Children are pushing in the queue for the slide. What could happen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Children · What happens: push, happen · To what, where: queue

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Children are pushing in the queue for the slide.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pushing	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pushing	aux
3	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 queue	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 queue	det
6	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushing	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 slide	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 slide	det
9	slide	slide	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushing	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pushing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	present · progressive	Children			the queue		for the slide	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in queue=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.

Sentence 2: What could happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	could							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Someone could fall and get hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 fall	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fall	aux
3	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 get	cc
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fall	conj
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fall	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	could	Someone						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	get	infinitive	Someone not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	hurt	participle	Someone not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Everyone will get more turns that way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 get	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 turns	amod
5	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obj
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	future	Everyone	more turns				that way obl:unmarked	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer turn=Stimulus

Option 3

Nothing, as pushing is part of play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 part	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pushing	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 pushing	mark
4	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Nothing	conj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 part	cop
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 play	case
8	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	gerund	Nothing not said here						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Nothing	part				of play	tree rules

Option 4

The slide will go a lot faster for all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 slide	det
2	slide	slide	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lot	det
6	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl:unmarked
7	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 go	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	future	the slide	a lot				for all; fast property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for all=Beneficiary

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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