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title: Two children both want the last free swing. What is the fairest way? — Manners and kindness · tree and pragmatics
description: Two children both want the last free swing. What is the fairest way? Test 3 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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.
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# Test 3 · Manners and kindness

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Two children both want the last free swing. What is the fairest way?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two children, fairest way · **What happens:** want, be · **To what, where:** last free swing

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This is test 3 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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/51-manners-and-kindness/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two children both want the last free swing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t3:1
# text = Two children both want the last free swing.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	both	both	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Two children | the last free swing |  |  |  | both *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot swing=Theme |

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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 the fairest way?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t3:2
# text = What is the fairest way?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fairest way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nobody gets it, so the swing stays empty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t3:o1:1
# text = Nobody gets it, so the swing stays empty
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Nobody | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **stay** | present | the swing |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The older child gets it for being older

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t3:o2:1
# text = The older child gets it for being older
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the older child | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The faster runner keeps it for the whole break

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t3:o3:1
# text = The faster runner keeps it for the whole break
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	runner	runner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the faster runner | it |  |  |  | for the whole break | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Take turns, each swinging for the same count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t3:o4:1
# text = Take turns, each swinging for the same count
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
5	swinging	swing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | turns |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme |
| 2 | **swing** | gerund | each |  |  |  |  | for the same count | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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