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title: been on the swing ages and theres kids waiting — Queues, taking turns and interrupting · tree and pragmatics
description: been on the swing ages and theres kids waiting Test 13 · ★ 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 13 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

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been on the swing ages and theres kids waiting

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** wait

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t13:1
# text = been on the swing ages and theres kids waiting
1	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	theres	there	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	_
8	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | participle · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Have your turn, then let the next child go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t13:o1:1
# text = Have your turn, then let the next child go
1	Have	have	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	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | imperative | you *not said here* | your turn |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Patient |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  | the next child |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | the next child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Go higher so they leave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t13:o2:1
# text = Go higher so they leave
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	higher	high	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stay until you're bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t13:o3:1
# text = Stay until you're bored
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell them it's yours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t13:o4:1
# text = Tell them it's yours
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | yours |  |  |  |  | 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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