Test 11 · Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole
★★★ The ride sign says «Wait from here: 45 minutes». You join at 2:30. Your friend moans «we'll be here all day». About when will you get on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, You, friend, we · What happens: say, wait, join, moan, be, get on · To what, where: 2:30 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 45 «Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole» of the language 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.
The question
Sentence 1: ★★★ The ride sign says «Wait from here: 45 minutes».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 sign | case |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sign | det |
| 5 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sign | compound |
| 6 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 Wait | punct |
| 9 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 says | ccomp |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 here | case |
| 11 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 Wait | obl |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 minutes | punct |
| 13 | 45 | 45 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 minutes | nummod |
| 14 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 Wait | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 Wait | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | wait in a quote | infinitive | minute | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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: You join at 2:30.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 join | nsubj |
| 2 | join | join | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 2:30 | case |
| 4 | 2:30 | 2:30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 join | obl |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 join | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | present | You | 2:30 | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Sentence 3: Your friend moans «we'll be here all day».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moans | nsubj |
| 3 | moans | moan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 here | punct |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 here | nsubj |
| 6 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 here | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 here | cop |
| 8 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 moans | parataxis |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 here | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 here | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 moans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | moan | present | Your friend | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | future | we | day | here property | tree rules |
Sentence 4: About when will you get on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 get | advmod |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get on | future | you | about property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
About half past eight at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 half | advmod |
| 2 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 4 eight | det:predet |
| 3 | past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 eight | amod |
| 4 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eight | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
About ten to three
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 ten | advmod |
| 2 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 three | case |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 ten | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
About a quarter to three
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 3 quarter | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 quarter | det |
| 3 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 three | case |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 quarter | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
About a quarter past three
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 4 past | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 past | det |
| 3 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 past | compound |
| 4 | past | past | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 past | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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