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title: What would probably happen if two friends shouted at each other with… — Solving disagreements calmly · tree and pragmatics
description: What would probably happen if two friends shouted at each other without listening? Test 4 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

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What would probably happen if two friends shouted at each other without listening?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen, shout, listen · **To what, where:** two friends, each

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t4:1
# text = What would probably happen if two friends shouted at each other without listening?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	8	obl	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	fixed	_	_
12	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  | two friends |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle |  | two friends *not said here* |  | each |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **listen** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Neither would understand the other and the quarrel would grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t4:o1:1
# text = Neither would understand the other and the quarrel would grow
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	understand	understand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | would |  | the other |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus |
| 2 | **grow** | would | the quarrel |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The louder friend would turn out right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t4:o2:1
# text = The louder friend would turn out right
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn out** | would | the louder friend |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They would both soon forget what the quarrel was about and make friends again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t4:o3:1
# text = They would both soon forget what the quarrel was about and make friends again
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	both	both	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
13	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | would | They |  |  |  |  | both, soon *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the quarrel |  |  |  | again | about, make *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They would make up much faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t4:o4:1
# text = They would make up much faster
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | would | They |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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