--- title: Children are pushing in the queue for the slide. What could happen? — Queues, taking turns and interrupting · tree and pragmatics description: Children are pushing in the queue for the slide. What could happen? Test 2 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Queues, taking turns and interrupting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting Children are pushing in the queue for the slide. What could happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Children · **What happens:** push, happen · **To what, where:** queue This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Children are pushing in the queue for the slide. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t2:1 # text = Children are pushing in the queue for the slide. 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 queue queue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 slide slide NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | present · progressive | Children | | | the queue | | for the slide | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in queue=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* What could happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t2:2 # text = What could happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | could | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Someone could fall and get hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t2:o1:1 # text = Someone could fall and get hurt 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 6 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | could | Someone | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | Someone *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **hurt** | participle | Someone *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Everyone will get more turns that way ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t2:o2:1 # text = Everyone will get more turns that way 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 turns turn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | future | Everyone | more turns | | | | that way *obl:unmarked* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer turn=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, as pushing is part of play ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t2:o3:1 # text = Nothing, as pushing is part of play 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | gerund | Nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | Nothing | part | | | | of play | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The slide will go a lot faster for all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t2:o4:1 # text = The slide will go a lot faster for all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 slide slide NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | future | the slide | a lot | | | | for all; fast *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for all=Beneficiary | **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. 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