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Test 8 · ★★ · Late and early: being where you need to be on time

Jacob grins when the teacher says "glad you could join us", thinking she's pleased. What did he miss?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jacob, teacher, you · What happens: grin, say, join, think, be, miss · To what, where: us · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Jacob grins when the teacher says "glad you could join us", thinking she's pleased.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 grins	nsubj
2	grins	grin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grins	advcl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 join	punct
8	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 join	advcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 join	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 join	aux
11	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
12	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 join	obj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 join	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 thinking	punct
15	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 grins	advcl
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 pleased	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 pleased	cop
18	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 thinking	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grins	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grin	present	Jacob						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	join in a quote	could	you	us					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient
4	think speech: other	gerund	Jacob not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	teacher					pleased property	tree rules

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 did he miss?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past · do-support	Jacob						vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was sarcasm meaning "you're late"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sarcasm	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sarcasm	cop
3	sarcasm	sarcasm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	meaning	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 sarcasm	acl
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 late	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 late	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 late	cop
8	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 meaning	ccomp
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 late	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	sarcasm					tree rules
2	mean	gerund	sarcasm not said here						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	you					late property	tree rules

Option 2

It was a joke about the weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 joke	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 weather	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 weather	det
7	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 joke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a joke				about the weather	tree rules

Option 3

It was a real thank-you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thank	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thank	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thank	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thank	amod
5	thank	thank	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 you	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 thank	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a real thank					tree rules

Option 4

It meant he was early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 early	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 early	cop
5	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 meant	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he					early property	tree rules

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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