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description: shoving to get to the front, kid falls and cuts his knee. «not my fault he's slow». What's true? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 352 «Taking too much» 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 6 · ★ · Taking too much

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shoving to get to the front, kid falls and cuts his knee. «not my fault he's slow». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, fault, my · **What happens:** shove, get, fall, cut, be, fault · **To what, where:** knee

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 352 «Taking too much» 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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* shoving to get to the front, kid falls and cuts his knee.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:t6:1
# text = shoving to get to the front, kid falls and cuts his knee.
1	shoving	shove	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shove** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the front *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to front=Result |
| 3 | **fall** | present | kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **cut** | present | kid *not said here* | kid's knee |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset knee=Product |

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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:* «not my fault he's slow».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:t6:2
# text = «not my fault he's slow».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my fault |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fault** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:t6:3
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Pushing caused the fall; she should say sorry and wait her turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:t6:o1:1
# text = Pushing caused the fall; she should say sorry and wait her turn
1	Pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
9	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cause** | past |  | the fall |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fall=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: apologize* | should | she |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **wait** | infinitive | she *not said here* | her turn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Queues are first come, first shove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:t6:o2:1
# text = Queues are first come, first shove
1	Queues	queue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
7	shove	shove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · passive |  | Queues |  |  |  | first *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **shove** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's his fault for being so slow at the front, he should have moved

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:t6:o3:1
# text = It's his fault for being so slow at the front, he should have moved
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux	_	_
16	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | his fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | the front |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **move** | should · perfect · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cuts don't count as hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:t6:o4:1
# text = Cuts don't count as hurt
1	Cuts	cut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | Cuts |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hurt** | participle | Cuts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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