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title: lunch line so slow, gonna push to the front — Queues, taking turns and interrupting · tree and pragmatics
description: lunch line so slow, gonna push to the front Test 14 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 14 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

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lunch line so slow, gonna push to the front

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lunch line · **What happens:** push · **To what, where:** front

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t14:1
# text = lunch line so slow, gonna push to the front
1	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:outer	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | infinitive | lunch line |  |  | the front |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent to front=Trajectory |

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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 {#o1}

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Push in where the little kids are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t14:o1:1
# text = Push in where the little kids are
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	1	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the little kids |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Wait your turn, pushing can spill hot food on someone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t14:o2:1
# text = Wait your turn, pushing can spill hot food on someone
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	spill	spill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | your turn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **push** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **spill** | can | pushing | hot food |  | someone |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Push gently, then it's fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t14:o3:1
# text = Push gently, then it's fine
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Push, you're the hungriest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t14:o4:1
# text = Push, you're the hungriest
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hungriest	hungry	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | 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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