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Test 11 · ★★ · Late and early: being where you need to be on time

In a cartoon a rabbit runs in shouting, "I'm late!" but checks no clock and never counts back. What should he do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: rabbit, I · What happens: run, be, check, not count back, do · To what, where: cartoon, clock · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon a rabbit runs in shouting, "I'm late!" but checks no clock and never counts back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rabbit	det
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	nsubj
6	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 shouting	case
8	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 late	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 late	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 late	nsubj
12	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 late	cop
13	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 runs	parataxis
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 late	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 late	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 checks	cc
17	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 runs	conj
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 clock	det
19	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 checks	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 counts	cc
21	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	22 counts	advmod
22	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 runs	conj
23	back	back	ADV	_	22 counts	advmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 runs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	a rabbit			a cartoon		in shouting	tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	I					late property	tree rules
3	check	present	a rabbit not said here	no clock					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Theme
4	not count back	present	a rabbit not said here						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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: What should he do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	rabbit						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Arrive late on purpose every time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arrive	arrive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Arrive	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 purpose	case
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Arrive	obl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Arrive	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	imperative	you not said here			purpose	time	late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Set his watch 20 minutes slow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Set	set	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 watch	nmod:poss
3	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Set	obj
4	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 minutes	nummod
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Set	obj
6	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Set	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	imperative	you not said here	his watch			minute		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient watch=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Count back from when he must arrive to find when to leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Count	advmod
3	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 arrive	mark
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 arrive	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 arrive	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 arrive	aux
7	arrive	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Count	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 find	mark
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 arrive	xcomp
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 leave	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 leave	mark
12	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 find	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count back	imperative	you not said here						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	arrive	must	he						tree rules
3	find	to-infinitive	he not said here						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	leave	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Run faster without looking at any clock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Run	advmod
3	without	without	SCONJ	_	4 looking	mark
4	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Run	advcl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 clock	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 clock	det
7	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	gerund	you not said here					at any clock	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at clock=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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