Test 3 · ★★ · Late and early: being where you need to be on time
What would happen if Bianca's family had planned no buffer and left at 9:40 instead of 9:25, with the same 50-minute drive?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: happen, plan, leave · To what, where: buffer, 9:40
This is test 3 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 planned | mark |
| 5 | Bianca | Bianca | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 family | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Bianca | case |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 planned | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 planned | aux |
| 9 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 happen | advcl |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 buffer | det |
| 11 | buffer | buffer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 planned | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 left | cc |
| 13 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 planned | conj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 9:40 | case |
| 15 | 9:40 | 9:40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 left | obl |
| 16 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 18 9:25 | case |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 instead | fixed |
| 18 | 9:25 | 9:25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 left | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 drive | punct |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 drive | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 drive | det |
| 22 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 drive | amod |
| 23 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 25 minute | nummod |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 50 | punct |
| 25 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 drive | compound |
| 26 | drive | drive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 left | obl |
| 27 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | plan a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect | Bianca's family | no buffer | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buffer=Topic | ||||
| 3 | leave | past | Bianca's family not said here | 9:40 | instead 9:25; with the same minute drive | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at 9:40=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.
The options
Option 1
They would arrive at 11:00 and miss it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 arrive | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 arrive | aux |
| 3 | arrive | arrive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 11:00 | case |
| 5 | 11:00 | 11:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 arrive | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 miss | cc |
| 7 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 arrive | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 miss | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | would | They | 11:00 | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | miss | infinitive | They not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
They would arrive at 10:30 and only just make check-in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 arrive | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 arrive | aux |
| 3 | arrive | arrive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 10:30 | case |
| 5 | 10:30 | 10:30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 arrive | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 make | cc |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 make | advmod |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 make | advmod |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 arrive | conj |
| 10 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 in | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 check | punct |
| 12 | in | in | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | would | They | 10:30 | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | infinitive | They not said here | check in | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset in=Product |
Option 3
They would arrive at 10:00, very early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 arrive | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 arrive | aux |
| 3 | arrive | arrive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 10:00 | case |
| 5 | 10:00 | 10:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 arrive | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 10:00 | punct |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 early | advmod |
| 8 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 arrive | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | would | They | 10:00 | early property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
They would arrive at 10:15 with time to spare
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 arrive | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 arrive | aux |
| 3 | arrive | arrive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 10:15 | case |
| 5 | 10:15 | 10:15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 arrive | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 time | case |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 arrive | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 spare | mark |
| 9 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 time | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | would | They | 10:15 | time | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | spare | to-infinitive | They not said here | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent |
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