--- title: «He pushed me by the gate!» «No, he pushed ME by the bins!» What wou… — Stories that change · tree and pragmatics description: «He pushed me by the gate!» «No, he pushed ME by the bins!» What would settle it best? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 449 «Stories that change» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/449-stories-that-change/t10/) [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/) / [Stories that change](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/449-stories-that-change/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Stories that change «He pushed me by the gate!» «No, he pushed ME by the bins!» What would settle it best? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** He · **What happens:** push, settle · **To what, where:** me, gate This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 449 «Stories that change» 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/449-stories-that-change/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «He pushed me by the gate!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t10:1 # text = «He pushed me by the gate!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** *in a quote* | past | He | me | | | | by the gate | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent i=Theme by gate=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:* «No, he pushed ME by the bins!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t10:2 # text = «No, he pushed ME by the bins!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 ME I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bins bin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** *in a quote* | past | he | ME | | | | by the bins | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent i=Theme by bin=Trajectory | *Sentence 3:* What would settle it best? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t10:3 # text = What would settle it best? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 settle settle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **settle** | would | | gate | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A coin toss ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t10:o1:1 # text = A coin toss 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 toss toss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Whoever cries first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t10:o2:1 # text = Whoever cries first 1 Whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | Whoever | | | | | first *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Whoever is taller ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t10:o3:1 # text = Whoever is taller 1 Whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Whoever | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Someone who saw it from outside ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t10:o4:1 # text = Someone who saw it from outside 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 outside outside ADV RB _ 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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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