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title: queue for the ice cream van is massive, gonna sneak in the front — Queues, taking turns and interrupting · tree and pragmatics
description: queue for the ice cream van is massive, gonna sneak in the front Test 10 · ★ of lesson 223 «Queues, taking turns and interrupting» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

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queue for the ice cream van is massive, gonna sneak in the front

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** queue · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t10:1
# text = queue for the ice cream van is massive, gonna sneak in the front
1	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	van	van	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	gonna	gonna	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sneak	sneak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | queue for the cream van |  |  |  |  | massive *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pretend you were there first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t10:o1:1
# text = Pretend you were there first
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	xcomp	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | you |  |  |  |  | first, there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Join the end and wait your turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t10:o2:1
# text = Join the end and wait your turn
1	Join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|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 | **join** | imperative | you *not said here* | the end |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Patient |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your turn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ask your friend to save a place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t10:o3:1
# text = Ask your friend to save a place
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | your friend |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **save** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a place |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Push to the front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t10:o4:1
# text = Push to the front
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the front |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent to front=Trajectory |

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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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