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description: Jordan, rough: "Who even says 'queue', just say line, mate." In British English, what is a queue? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «Olympiad: the Spelling Bee» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the Spelling Bee

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Jordan, rough: "Who even says 'queue', just say line, mate." In British English, what is a queue?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** queue, line, British English · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «Olympiad: the Spelling Bee» of the English 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jordan, rough: "Who even says 'queue', just say line, mate."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t5:1
# text = Jordan, rough: "Who even says 'queue', just say line, mate."
1	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
14	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present |  | queue |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive |  | line and mate |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent line=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* In British English, what is a queue?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t5:2
# text = In British English, what is a queue?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a queue |  | British English |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A type of woolly hat for winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t5:o1:1
# text = A type of woolly hat for winter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	woolly	woolly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **type** |  |  | woolly hat for winter |  |  |  |  | nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A short tail on a cat or a dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t5:o2:1
# text = A short tail on a cat or a dog
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A crowd all shoving forwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t5:o3:1
# text = A crowd all shoving forwards
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
4	shoving	shove	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	forwards	forward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shove** | gerund | a crowd | forwards |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forward=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A line of people waiting their turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t5:o4:1
# text = A line of people waiting their turn
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund | people *not said here* | people's turn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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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