Test 13 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

theyre pushing each other now over the swing, should i just let em sort it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: theyre, i · What happens: push, let, sort · To what, where: each, swing, theyre

This is test 13 · ★ 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	theyre	theyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 let	obl:unmarked
2	pushing	push	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 theyre	acl
3	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	2 pushing	obj
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 each	fixed
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 pushing	advmod
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 swing	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 swing	det
8	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 theyre	punct
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 let	aux
11	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 let	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 let	advmod
13	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 let	obj
15	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 let	xcomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sort	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	push	gerund	theyre not said here	each	the swing	now	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent each=Theme over swing=Trajectory
2	let	should	i	theyre			tree rules
3	sort	infinitive	theyre not said here	swing			vn classify-29.10 «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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the stronger one will win soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 win	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 one	det
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 one	amod
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 win	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 win	aux
7	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 win	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	future	the stronger one					soon property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No, push them both away yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 push	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 push	obj
5	both	both	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 push	advmod
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here	them = they				yourself obl; away property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, get an adult when someone could get hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 hurt	advmod
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 hurt	nsubj:pass
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 hurt	aux
9	get	get	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 hurt	aux:pass
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 get	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	a adult					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus
2	hurt	could · passive		someone					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Yes, pushing is how kids sort things out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 pushing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pushing	aux
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 sort	advmod
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sort	nsubj
7	sort	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pushing	advcl
8	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sort	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	7 sort	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	present · progressive							vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	sort out	present	kids	things					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

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