--- title: In a class discussion, Tom always speaks first and longest. What wou… — Queues, taking turns and interrupting · tree and pragmatics description: In a class discussion, Tom always speaks first and longest. What would be fairer? Test 6 · ★ 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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting In a class discussion, Tom always speaks first and longest. What would be fairer? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom · **What happens:** speak, be · **To what, where:** class discussion · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a class discussion, Tom always speaks first and longest. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t6:1 # text = In a class discussion, Tom always speaks first and longest. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 discussion discussion NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 longest long ADV RBS Degree=Sup 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Tom | | | a class discussion | | always, first, long *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 would be fairer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t6:2 # text = What would be fairer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 fairer fair ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Answering for the whole class ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t6:o1:1 # text = Answering for the whole class 1 Answering answer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | for the whole class | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Staying silent for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t6:o2:1 # text = Staying silent for ever 1 Staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | gerund | | | | | | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Letting others speak and waiting his turn ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t6:o3:1 # text = Letting others speak and waiting his turn 1 Letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | others | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wait** | gerund | | his turn | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Speaking even louder so that everyone can hear him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t6:o4:1 # text = Speaking even louder so that everyone can hear him 1 Speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 2 even even ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ 4 so so SCONJ IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 obl _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | so everyone; loud *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** | can | Speaking | him *= he* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | **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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