Test 11 · ★ · Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day
A cartoon shows a train timetable with "+1" next to a time, and the hero thinks it means "one minute late". Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, hero, you · What happens: show, think, mean, put · To what, where: train timetable, timetable · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 104 «Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day» 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: A cartoon shows a train timetable with "+1" next to a time, and the hero thinks it means "one minute late".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 timetable | det |
| 5 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 timetable | compound |
| 6 | timetable | timetable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 +1 | case |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 +1 | punct |
| 9 | +1 | +1 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 timetable | nmod |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 timetable | punct |
| 11 | next | next | ADV | _ | 3 shows | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 time | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 time | det |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 next | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 thinks | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 thinks | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 hero | det |
| 18 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 thinks | nsubj |
| 19 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shows | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 means | nsubj |
| 21 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 thinks | ccomp |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 minute | punct |
| 23 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 minute | nummod |
| 24 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 means | obj |
| 25 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 24 minute | advmod |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 minute | punct |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a train timetable | with +1; next property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent timetable=Recipient | |||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | the hero | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | mean | present | hero | minute | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.
Sentence 2: Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | timetable | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It means the ticket costs one more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ticket | det |
| 4 | ticket | ticket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 costs | nsubj |
| 5 | costs | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 more | nummod |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 costs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | cost | present | the ticket | one more | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It means the train arrives the next day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 train | det |
| 4 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 arrives | nsubj |
| 5 | arrives | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 day | amod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 arrives | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | arrive | present | the train | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
It means one extra stop on the way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 stop | nummod |
| 4 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stop | amod |
| 5 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 way | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stop | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | one extra stop | the way | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=Topic |
Option 4
It means the train is one hour late
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 train | det |
| 4 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hour | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hour | cop |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 hour | nummod |
| 7 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | ccomp |
| 8 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 hour | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the train | one hour | late property | tree rules |
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