Test 9 · ★★ · Late and early: being where you need to be on time
A cousin from Dublin says, "Grand, we'll come on Irish time." Should you use Irish time for a flight?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, we, you · What happens: say, come, use · To what, where: Grand · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: A cousin from Dublin says, "Grand, we'll come on Irish time."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cousin | det |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Dublin | case |
| 4 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 cousin | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Grand | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Grand | punct |
| 8 | Grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 says | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 come | punct |
| 10 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 come | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 come | aux |
| 12 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 Grand | parataxis |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 time | case |
| 14 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 time | amod |
| 15 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 come | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 Grand | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Grand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a cousin from Dublin | Grand | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grand=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come in a quote | future | we | time | 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: Should you use Irish time for a flight?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 use | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 use | nsubj |
| 3 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 use | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 flight | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 flight | det |
| 8 | flight | flight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 use | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | should | you | time | for a flight | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Yes, as long as you text the pilot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 long | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 text | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 text | nsubj |
| 7 | text | text | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pilot | det |
| 9 | pilot | pilot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 text | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | text | present | you | the pilot | tree rules |
Option 2
No, flights always leave early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 leave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | flights | flight | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 leave | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 leave | advmod |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | always, early, leave property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, planes wait 20 minutes for Irish people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 wait | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wait | punct |
| 3 | planes | plane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wait | nsubj |
| 4 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 minutes | nummod |
| 6 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wait | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 8 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 people | amod |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | present | planes | minute | for Irish people | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, flights leave on time without you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 leave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 leave | punct |
| 3 | flights | flight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 leave | nsubj |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leave | obl |
| 7 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | flights | time | without you | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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