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Test 2 · ★ · Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day

Lucas turns up on Saturday at a "Mon–Fri" stop. "Proper useless," he grumbles. What should he have done?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lucas · What happens: turn up, grumble, do · To what, where: Mon stop

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Lucas turns up on Saturday at a "Mon–Fri" stop. "

nsubjcompound:prtcaseoblcasedetpunctcompoundpunctappospunctoblpunctpunctrootLucasPROPNturnsVERBupADPonADPSaturdayPROPNatADPaDET"PUNCTMonNOUN–PUNCTFriPROPN"PUNCTstopNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LucasLucasPROPNNumber=Sing2 turnsnsubj
2turnsturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3upupADP_2 turnscompound:prt
4ononADP_5 Saturdaycase
5SaturdaySaturdayPROPNNumber=Sing2 turnsobl
6atatADP_13 stopcase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 stopdet
8""PUNCT_9 Monpunct
9MonmonNOUNNumber=Sing13 stopcompound
10––PUNCT_11 Fripunct
11FriFridayPROPNAbbr=Yes Number=Sing9 Monappos
12""PUNCT_9 Monpunct
13stopstopNOUNNumber=Sing2 turnsobl
14..PUNCT_2 turnspunct
15""PUNCT_2 turnspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1turn uppresentLucasa Mon stopsaturdayvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at stop=Location

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: Proper useless," he grumbles.

advmodpunctpunctnsubjconjpunctrootProperADVuselessADJ,PUNCT"PUNCThePRONgrumblesVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ProperproperlyADV_2 uselessadvmod
2uselessuselessADJDegree=Posrootroot
3,,PUNCT_6 grumblespunct
4""PUNCT_6 grumblespunct
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 grumblesnsubj
6grumblesgrumbleVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 uselessconj
7..PUNCT_2 uselesspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1grumble speech: other in a quotepresentLucasvn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What should he have done?

objauxnsubjauxpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXhePRONhaveAUXdoneVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 doneobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 doneaux
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 donensubj
4havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf5 doneaux
5donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 donepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doshould · perfectLucasvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Nothing; buses always run every day

punctnsubjadvmodacldetobl:unmarkedrootNothingPRON;PUNCTbusesNOUNalwaysADVrunVERBeveryDETdayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Negrootroot
2;;PUNCT_5 runpunct
3busesbusNOUNNumber=Plur5 runnsubj
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 runadvmod
5runrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Nothingacl
6everyeveryDETPronType=Tot7 daydet
7daydayNOUNNumber=Sing5 runobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1runpresentbusesdayalways propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Gone to the stop on Sunday instead

casedetoblcasenmodadvmodrootGoneVERBtoADPtheDETstopNOUNonADPSundayPROPNinsteadADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GonegoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
2totoADP_4 stopcase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 stopdet
4stopstopNOUNNumber=Sing1 Goneobl
5ononADP_6 Sundaycase
6SundaySundayPROPNNumber=Sing4 stopnmod
7insteadinsteadADV_1 Goneadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1goparticiplethe stop on Sundayinstead propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to stop=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Read which days the timetable covers

detobjdetnsubjacl:relclrootReadVERBwhichDETdaysNOUNtheDETtimetableNOUNcoversVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ReadreadVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2whichwhichDETPronType=Int3 daysdet
3daysdayNOUNNumber=Plur1 Readobj
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 timetabledet
5timetabletimetableNOUNNumber=Sing6 coversnsubj
6coverscoverVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 daysacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1readimperativeyou not said heredayvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2coverpresentthe timetablewhich days not said herevn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme day=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Waited longer, as Saturday buses come late

advmodpunctmarkcompoundnsubjconjadvmodrootWaitedVERBlongerADV,PUNCTasSCONJSaturdayPROPNbusesNOUNcomeVERBlateADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WaitedwaitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
2longerlongADVDegree=Cmp1 Waitedadvmod
3,,PUNCT_7 comepunct
4asasSCONJ_7 comemark
5SaturdaySaturdayPROPNNumber=Sing6 busescompound
6busesbusNOUNNumber=Plur7 comensubj
7comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Waitedconj
8latelateADVDegree=Pos7 comeadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waitpastlong propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2comepresentSaturday buseslate propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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