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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.

nsubjpunctapposamodcasedetoblpunctadvmodcasedetcompoundnmod:posscaseoblcaseoblpunctrootLilyPROPN,PUNCT3:00NUMsharpADJatADPaDETpartyNOUN,PUNCTsitsVERBaloneADVwithADPtheDETbirthdayNOUNboyNOUN'sPARTmumNOUNtillADP3:20NUM.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LilyLilyPROPNNumber=Sing9 sitsnsubj
2,,PUNCT_3 3:00punct
33:003:00NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card1 Lilyappos
4sharpsharpADJDegree=Pos3 3:00amod
5atatADP_7 partycase
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 partydet
7partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing4 sharpobl
8,,PUNCT_1 Lilypunct
9sitssitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
10alonealoneADV_9 sitsadvmod
11withwithADP_16 mumcase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 boydet
13birthdaybirthdayNOUNNumber=Sing14 boycompound
14boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing16 mumnmod:poss
15's'sPART_14 boycase
16mummumNOUNNumber=Sing9 sitsobl
17tilltillADP_18 3:20case
183:203:20NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card9 sitsobl
19..PUNCT_9 sitspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sitpresentLilytill 3:20with the birthday boy's mum; alone propertyvn 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?

auxnsubjobjamodpunctrootDidAUXshePRONdoVERBanythingPRONwrongADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DiddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 doaux
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 donsubj
3dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind3 doobj
5wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos4 anythingamod
6??PUNCT_3 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopast · do-supportLilyanythingvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, parties always start an hour late

discoursepunctnsubjadvmoddetobjadvmodrootYesINTJ,PUNCTpartiesNOUNalwaysADVstartVERBanDEThourNOUNlateADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos5 startdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3partiespartyNOUNNumber=Plur5 startnsubj
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 startadvmod
5startstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 hourdet
7hourhourNOUNNumber=Sing5 startobj
8latelateADVDegree=Pos5 startadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1startpresentpartieshouralways, late propertyvn 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

discoursepunctnsubjcopcasepunctcompoundnsubjadvmodconjdetobl:unmarkedadvmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTshePRONwasAUXonADPtimeNOUN;PUNCTpartyNOUNguestsNOUNoftenADVcomeVERBaDETbitNOUNlaterADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg6 timediscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 timensubj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 timecop
5ononADP_6 timecase
6timetimeNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7;;PUNCT_11 comepunct
8partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing9 guestscompound
9guestsguestNOUNNumber=Plur11 comensubj
10oftenoftenADV_11 comeadvmod
11comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 timeconj
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 bitdet
13bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing14 laterobl:unmarked
14laterlateADVDegree=Cmp11 comeadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastsheon timetree rules
2comepresentparty guestslate, often propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, she should have come at 2:40

discoursepunctnsubjauxauxcaseoblrootYesINTJ,PUNCTshePRONshouldAUXhaveAUXcomeVERBatADP2:40NUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos6 comediscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 comensubj
4shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin6 comeaux
5havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf6 comeaux
6comecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
7atatADP_8 2:40case
82:402:40NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card6 comeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comeshould · perfectshe2:40vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 2:40=Location

Option 4

No, the others came 20 minutes early

discoursepunctdetnsubjnummodobl:unmarkedadvmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTtheDETothersNOUNcameVERB20NUMminutesNOUNearlyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 camediscourse
2,,PUNCT_5 camepunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 othersdet
4othersotherNOUNNumber=Plur5 camensubj
5camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
62020NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card7 minutesnummod
7minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plur8 earlyobl:unmarked
8earlyearlyADVDegree=Pos5 cameadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastthe othersearly 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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