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Test 11 · ★ · Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time

Oisin's mam yells, "Stop faffing!" at 8:00, with the bus at quarter past eight. What does she want?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mam · What happens: yell, stop, faff, want · To what, where: 8:00 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 102 «Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time» of the world 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: Oisin's mam yells, "Stop faffing!" at 8:00, with the bus at quarter past eight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oisin	Oisin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mam	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Oisin	case
3	mam	mam	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 yells	nsubj
4	yells	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Stop	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Stop	punct
7	Stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 yells	ccomp
8	faffing	faff	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 Stop	xcomp
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 Stop	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Stop	punct
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 8:00	case
12	8:00	8:00	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 yells	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bus	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 bus	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bus	det
16	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 yells	parataxis
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 quarter	case
18	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bus	nmod
19	past	past	ADP	_	20 eight	case
20	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 quarter	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 yells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	present	Oisin's mam			8:00			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop in a quote	infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	faff in a quote	gerund							tree rules

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: What does she want?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 want	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 want	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present · do-support	mam						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stop wasting time, the bus goes in 15 minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	wasting	waste	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 time	amod
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stop	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 goes	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bus	det
6	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 goes	nsubj
7	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 minutes	case
9	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 minutes	nummod
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here				time		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	waste	gerund							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	go	present	the bus				minute		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Stop running, the bus waits 45 minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 waits	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waits	nsubj
6	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	parataxis
7	45	45	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 minutes	nummod
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 waits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	run	gerund	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wait	present	the bus				minute		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Stop eating, the bus came 15 minutes ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	nsubj
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 eating	conj
7	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 minutes	nummod
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ago	obl:unmarked
9	ago	ago	ADV	_	6 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	eat	gerund	you not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come	past	the bus					ago property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Go back to bed, the bus is at quarter to nine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 bed	case
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 quarter	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bus	det
7	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 quarter	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 quarter	cop
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 quarter	case
10	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 nine	case
12	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 quarter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	imperative	you not said here					to bed result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result
2	is	present	the bus			quarter		to nine	tree rules

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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