Test 5 · ★★ · Late and early: being where you need to be on time
The dentist's receptionist says "Ooh, keen!" when Malik arrives 15 minutes early. What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: receptionist, Malik · What happens: say, arrive, mean · To what, where: Ooh · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: The dentist's receptionist says "Ooh, keen!" when Malik arrives 15 minutes early.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dentist | det |
| 2 | dentist | dentist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 receptionist | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 dentist | case |
| 4 | receptionist | receptionist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ooh | punct |
| 7 | Ooh | Ooh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 says | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 keen | punct |
| 9 | keen | keen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Ooh | appos |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ooh | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ooh | punct |
| 12 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 14 arrives | mark |
| 13 | Malik | Malik | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 arrives | nsubj |
| 14 | arrives | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | advcl |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 minutes | nummod |
| 16 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 early | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 arrives | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the dentist's receptionist | Ooh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ooh=Topic | ||||
| 2 | arrive | present | Malik | early property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 does she mean?
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 |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Malik | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
He must leave and come back later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 leave | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 leave | aux |
| 3 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 come | cc |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 leave | conj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 7 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | must | He | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | come back | infinitive | He not said here | late property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He's in trouble for arriving early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trouble | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trouble | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 trouble | case |
| 4 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 arriving | mark |
| 6 | arriving | arrive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 trouble | advcl |
| 7 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 arriving | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | trouble | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | arrive | gerund | He not said here | early property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
He has missed his appointment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 missed | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 missed | aux |
| 3 | missed | miss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 appointment | nmod:poss |
| 5 | appointment | appointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 missed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | present · perfect | He | his appointment | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer appointment=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He's eager, and early is fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 eager | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 eager | cop |
| 3 | eager | eager | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 eager | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 early | cc |
| 6 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 eager | conj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fine | cop |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 eager | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | eager property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | He not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | He not said here | fine property | tree rules |
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