Test 7 · ★ · Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time

Mateo rolls in at 9:50 for a twenty-to-ten kick-off, saying, "Howay man, I'm early!" Is he?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mateo · What happens: roll in, say, be · To what, where: 9:50, Howay man, Mateo · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Mateo rolls in at 9:50 for a twenty-to-ten kick-off, saying, "Howay man, I'm early!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mateo	Mateo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rolls	nsubj
2	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	2 rolls	compound:prt
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 9:50	case
5	9:50	9:50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 rolls	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	15 off	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 off	det
8	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 off	nummod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 off	punct
10	to	to	ADP	_	15 off	case
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 to	punct
12	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 off	nummod
13	kick	kick	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 off	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 off	punct
15	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rolls	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 saying	punct
17	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 rolls	advcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 man	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 man	punct
20	Howay	Howay	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 man	compound
21	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 saying	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 early	punct
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 early	nsubj
24	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 early	cop
25	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 man	advmod
26	!	!	PUNCT	_	21 man	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	roll in	present	Mateo		9:50	for a twenty ten kick off	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 9:50=Trajectory
2	say speech: express	gerund	Mateo not said here	Howay man			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic
3	is in a quote	present	Mateo			early property	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: Is he?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 he	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 he	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Mateo					tree rules

The options

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

No, kick-off was at 9:40, so he's 10 minutes late

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 9:40	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 9:40	punct
3	kick	kick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 off	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 off	punct
5	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 9:40	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 9:40	cop
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 9:40	case
8	9:40	9:40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 minutes	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 minutes	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 minutes	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 minutes	cop
13	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 minutes	nummod
14	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 9:40	conj
15	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 minutes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	kick off			9:40 and 10 minutes			tree rules
2	is a	present	he	10 minutes				late property	tree rules

Option 2

No, but only by 1 minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 minute	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 minute	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 minute	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 minute	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 minute	case
6	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 minute	nummod
7	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Yes, by exactly 10 minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 minutes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 minutes	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 minutes	case
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 10	advmod
5	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 minutes	nummod
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Yes, kick-off is at 10:20

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 10:20	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	kick	kick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 10:20	nsubj
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 off	punct
5	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kick	conj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 10:20	cop
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 10:20	case
8	10:20	10:20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	kick and off			10:20			tree rules

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