--- title: Two brothers argue every morning over who feeds the dog. What is a f… — Queues, taking turns and interrupting · tree and pragmatics description: Two brothers argue every morning over who feeds the dog. What is a fair way out? 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What is a fair way out? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Two brothers · **What happens:** argue, feed, be · **To what, where:** dog, fair way This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Two brothers argue every morning over who feeds the dog. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t5:1 # text = Two brothers argue every morning over who feeds the dog. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 argue argue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 over over SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 feeds feed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | Two brothers | | | | morning | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feed** | present | | | the dog | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient | 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 is a fair way out? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t5:2 # text = What is a fair way out? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a fair way | | | | out *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Their parents feed the dog instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t5:o1:1 # text = Their parents feed the dog instead 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 feed feed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | present | Their parents | | the dog | | | instead *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The dog decides ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t5:o2:1 # text = The dog decides 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 decides decide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | present | the dog | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The faster one always does it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t5:o3:1 # text = The faster one always does it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | the faster one | it | | | | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Take turns on different days ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t5:o4:1 # text = Take turns on different days 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 turns turn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | turns | | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme | **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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