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title: Grandpa is watching the news and you want to tell him about school.… — Queues, taking turns and interrupting · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandpa is watching the news and you want to tell him about school. What is best? Test 8 · ★ 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.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

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Grandpa is watching the news and you want to tell him about school. What is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandpa, you · **What happens:** watch, want, tell, be · **To what, where:** news, Grandpa · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandpa is watching the news and you want to tell him about school.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t8:1
# text = Grandpa is watching the news and you want to tell him about school.
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | present · progressive | Grandpa | the news |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  | Grandpa |  |  | about school | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about school=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t8:2
# text = What is best?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Wait for an advert break or talk quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t8:o1:1
# text = Wait for an advert break or talk quietly
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
5	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a advert | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **talk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Talk louder than the TV

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t8:o2:1
# text = Talk louder than the TV
1	Talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stand between him and the screen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t8:o3:1
# text = Stand between him and the screen
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	between	between	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | between him *= he* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between he=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Turn the TV off so he can listen properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:t8:o4:1
# text = Turn the TV off so he can listen properly
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the TV |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tv=Patient |
| 2 | **listen** | can | he |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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