Test 1 · ★★ · Late and early: being where you need to be on time Rory: "Mam says if you're on time you're late. That makes no sense!" What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rory, you, That · What happens: say, be, make, mean · To what, where: sense · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 106 «Late and early: being where you need to be on 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: Rory: "Mam says if you're on time you're late.
nsubj punct punct nsubj mark nsubj cop case obl nsubj cop ccomp punct root Rory PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Mam PROPN says VERB if SCONJ you PRON 're AUX on ADP time NOUN you PRON 're AUX late ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rory Rory PROPN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 5 says punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 5 says punct 4 Mam Mam PROPN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 if if SCONJ _ 13 late mark 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 13 late nsubj 8 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 late cop 9 on on ADP _ 10 time case 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 13 late obl 11 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 13 late nsubj 12 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 late cop 13 late late ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says ccomp 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 says punct
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1 say speech: assert in a quote present Rory vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote present you time late 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: That makes no sense!"
nsubj det obj punct punct root That PRON makes VERB no DET sense NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 makes nsubj 2 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 no no DET PronType=Neg 4 sense det 4 sense sense NOUN Number=Sing 2 makes obj 5 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 makes punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 2 makes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present That no sense vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product
Sentence 3: What does she mean?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX she PRON mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 mean nsubj 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
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1 mean present · do-support Rory vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 Being on time is rude
csubj case obl cop root Being VERB on ADP time NOUN is AUX rude ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 rude csubj 2 on on ADP _ 3 time case 3 time time NOUN Number=Sing 1 Being obl 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 rude cop 5 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 be gerund time vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is present Being rude property tree rules
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Clocks in Ireland run late
nsubj case nmod advmod root Clocks NOUN in ADP Ireland PROPN run VERB late ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Clocks clock NOUN Number=Plur 4 run nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 3 Ireland case 3 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 1 Clocks nmod 4 run run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 late late ADV Degree=Pos 4 run advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 run present Clocks in Ireland late property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 Always arrive after the start time
advmod case det compound obl root Always ADV arrive VERB after ADP the DET start NOUN time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Always always ADV PronType=Tot 2 arrive advmod 2 arrive arrive VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 after after ADP _ 6 time case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 time det 5 start start NOUN Number=Sing 6 time compound 6 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 arrive obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 arrive imperative you not said here time always property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Arrive a bit early, so you're ready when it starts
det obl:unmarked advmod punct advmod nsubj cop parataxis mark nsubj advcl root Arrive VERB a DET bit NOUN early ADV , PUNCT so ADV you PRON 're AUX ready ADJ when SCONJ it PRON starts VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Arrive arrive VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 bit det 3 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 1 Arrive obl:unmarked 4 early early ADV Degree=Pos 1 Arrive advmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 ready punct 6 so so ADV _ 9 ready advmod 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 ready nsubj 8 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 ready cop 9 ready ready ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Arrive parataxis 10 when when SCONJ _ 12 starts mark 11 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 starts nsubj 12 starts start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 ready advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 arrive imperative you not said here a bit early property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is present you ready property tree rules 3 start present bit vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
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