Test 12 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

both kids want to pick the park or the pool, both fine tbh. how do we decide

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, we · What happens: want, pick, decide · To what, where: park

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 kids	det
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pick	mark
5	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 want	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 park	det
7	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pick	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 pool	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pool	det
10	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 park	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fine	punct
12	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	13 fine	det
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 park	conj
14	tbh	tbh	ADV	_	13 fine	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct
16	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	19 decide	advmod
17	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 decide	aux
18	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 decide	nsubj
19	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 want	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	present	both kids		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	pick not said to happen	to-infinitive	both kids not said here	the park or the pool	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent park=Patient
3	decide	present · do-support	we		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Flip a coin, both choices are equally good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flip	flip	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 coin	det
3	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Flip	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 choices	det
6	choices	choice	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 good	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 good	cop
8	equally	equally	ADV	_	9 good	advmod
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Flip	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flip	imperative	you not said here	a coin					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme
2	is	present	both choices					equally, good property	tree rules

Option 2

The oldest kid always decides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kid	det
2	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 kid	amod
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decides	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 decides	advmod
5	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	the oldest kid					always property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Whoever cries first and loudest gets to choose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 cries	nsubj
2	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 cries	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gets	cc
5	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 gets	amod
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cries	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 choose	mark
8	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	Whoever	first property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	Whoever not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	choose	to-infinitive	Whoever not said here		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Go nowhere so nobody is upset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	1 Go	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 upset	mark
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 upset	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 upset	cop
6	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					nowhere property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	nobody					upset property	tree rules

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