--- title: Why should you ask an adult when a quarrel turns into pushing? — Solving disagreements calmly · tree and pragmatics description: Why should you ask an adult when a quarrel turns into pushing? Test 8 · ★ 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. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly Why should you ask an adult when a quarrel turns into pushing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, quarrel · **What happens:** ask, turn, push · **To what, where:** adult This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t8:1 # text = Why should you ask an adult when a quarrel turns into pushing? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 quarrel quarrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 into into SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | should | you | | a adult | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 2 | **turn** | present | a quarrel | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **push** | gerund | | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | 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} Someone could get hurt and needs help stopping it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t8:o1:1 # text = Someone could get hurt and needs help stopping it 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 get get AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 needs need NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 stopping stop VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | could · passive | | Someone | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **help** | present | needs | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **stop** | gerund | needs *not said here* | it | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because the pushing child will be punished ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t8:o2:1 # text = Because the pushing child will be punished 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 pushing push VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **punish** | future · passive | | the pushing child | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because children can never solve any quarrels on their own ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t8:o3:1 # text = Because children can never solve any quarrels on their own 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 solve solve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 quarrels quarrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **solve** | can | children | any quarrels | | children's own | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because adults enjoy sorting out fights ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t8:o4:1 # text = Because adults enjoy sorting out fights 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 enjoy enjoy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sorting sort VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 fights fight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enjoy** | present | adults | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **sort out** | gerund | adults *not said here* | fights | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Theme | **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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