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description: did u hear a kid pushed in the lunch queue and a girl got shoved into the hot soup and burnt her arm? real lesson? Test 17 · ★ 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 op
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# Test 17 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

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did u hear a kid pushed in the lunch queue and a girl got shoved into the hot soup and burnt her arm? real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u · **What happens:** hear, push, shove, burnt · **To what, where:** kid, lunch queue, girl, hot soup, arm

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t17:1
# text = did u hear a kid pushed in the lunch queue and a girl got shoved into the hot soup and burnt her arm? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	shoved	shove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
22	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
25	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | a kid |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus |
| 2 | **push** | participle |  | a kid *not said here* |  | the lunch queue |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in queue=Trajectory |
| 3 | **shove** | past · passive |  | a girl |  | the hot soup |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into soup=Destination |
| 4 | **burnt** | past |  | girl's arm |  |  |  | real lesson *obl* | 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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Lunch queues are always safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t17:o1:1
# text = Lunch queues are always safe
1	Lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	queues	queue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lunch queues |  |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | tree rules |

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

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Don't push in queues; pushing near hot food causes burns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t17:o2:1
# text = Don't push in queues; pushing near hot food causes burns
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	queues	queue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
8	near	near	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	burns	burn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **push** | infinitive · do-support | pushing *not said here* |  |  | queues |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in queue=Trajectory |
| 2 | **push** | gerund |  | hot food |  |  |  | near *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 3 | **cause** | present | pushing | burns |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition burn=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only push when the queue is slow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t17:o3:1
# text = Only push when the queue is slow
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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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 queue |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's the soup's fault for being hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t17:o4:1
# text = It's the soup's fault for being hot
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the soup's fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | hot *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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