Test 10 · ★★ · Late and early: being where you need to be on time
Lily, 3:00 sharp at a party, sits alone with the birthday boy's mum till 3:20. Did she do anything wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily · What happens: sit, do · To what, where: anything
This is test 10 · ★★ 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: Lily, 3:00 sharp at a party, sits alone with the birthday boy's mum till 3:20.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 sits | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 3:00 | punct |
| 3 | 3:00 | 3:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Lily | appos |
| 4 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 3:00 | amod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 party | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 party | det |
| 7 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sharp | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lily | punct |
| 9 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 9 sits | advmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 mum | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 boy | det |
| 13 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 boy | compound |
| 14 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 mum | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 boy | case |
| 16 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sits | obl |
| 17 | till | till | ADP | _ | 18 3:20 | case |
| 18 | 3:20 | 3:20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 sits | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 sits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | Lily | till 3:20 | with the birthday boy's mum; alone property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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: Did she do anything wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 do | aux |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 do | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 do | obj |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 anything | amod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | Lily | anything | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, parties always start an hour late
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 start | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 start | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 start | advmod |
| 5 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hour | det |
| 7 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 start | obj |
| 8 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 start | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | parties | hour | always, late property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, she was on time; party guests often come a bit later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 time | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 time | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 time | cop |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 come | punct |
| 8 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 guests | compound |
| 9 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 come | nsubj |
| 10 | often | often | ADV | _ | 11 come | advmod |
| 11 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 time | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 bit | det |
| 13 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 later | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 11 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | on time | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | present | party guests | late, often property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, she should have come at 2:40
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 come | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 come | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 come | aux |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 come | aux |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 2:40 | case |
| 8 | 2:40 | 2:40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | should · perfect | she | 2:40 | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 2:40=Location |
Option 4
No, the others came 20 minutes early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 came | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 others | det |
| 4 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 minutes | nummod |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 early | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the others | early property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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