--- title: Two sisters want to choose the family film. Last week the older one… — Solving disagreements calmly · tree and pragmatics description: Two sisters want to choose the family film. Last week the older one chose. What is fair? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/t3/) [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/) / [Solving disagreements calmly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly Two sisters want to choose the family film. Last week the older one chose. What is fair? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two sisters, older one · **What happens:** want, choose, be · **To what, where:** family film This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Two sisters want to choose the family film. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t3:1 # text = Two sisters want to choose the family film. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | Two sisters | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **choose** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Two sisters *not said here* | the family film | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme | 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:* Last week the older one chose. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t3:2 # text = Last week the older one chose. 1 Last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | the older one | | | | week | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What is fair? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t3:3 # text = What is fair? 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 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They choose nothing and watch nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t3:o1:1 # text = They choose nothing and watch nothing 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 6 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present | They | nothing | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | | 2 | **watch** | infinitive | They *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The younger one chooses this week ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t3:o2:1 # text = The younger one chooses this week 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chooses choose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present | the younger one | | | | week | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The older one chooses again this week ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t3:o3:1 # text = The older one chooses again this week 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chooses choose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present | the older one | | | | again; week | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The one who argues longest chooses ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t3:o4:1 # text = The one who argues longest chooses 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 argues argue VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 longest long ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 chooses choose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | the one | longest chooses | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent choose=Topic | **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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