Test 3 · Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and dead…

Lukas comes at 2:55 and Ana at 3:30 for a 3:00 playdate, and both think they were on time. What's the best way to see it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lukas, both, they, best way · What happens: come, think, be, see · To what, where: 2:55, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 129 «Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines» 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: Lukas comes at 2:55 and Ana at 3:30 for a 3:00 playdate, and both think they were on time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lukas	Lukas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 comes	nsubj
2	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 2:55	case
4	2:55	2:55	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 comes	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Ana	cc
6	Ana	Ana	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 2:55	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 3:30	case
8	3:30	3:30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 2:55	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 playdate	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 playdate	det
11	3:00	3:00	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 playdate	nummod
12	playdate	playdate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 3:30	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 think	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 think	cc
15	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	16 think	nsubj
16	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 comes	parataxis
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 time	nsubj
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 time	cop
19	on	on	ADP	_	20 time	case
20	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 think	ccomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	come	present	Lukas	2:55 at 3:30 for a 3:00 playdate and Ana		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 2:55=Location
2	think speech: other	present	both			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	they		on time	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's the best way to see it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best way						tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	the best way not said here	way					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

The options

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

Different places mean different things by "on time"; ask what's expected

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 places	amod
2	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mean	nsubj
3	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 things	amod
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mean	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 time	case
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 time	punct
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 time	case
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	obl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 time	punct
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 ask	punct
12	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	parataxis
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 expected	nsubj:pass
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 expected	aux:pass
15	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 ask	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	mean	present	Different places	different things	time	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	expect	present · passive				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Ana was on time by the clock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ana	Ana	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 time	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 time	cop
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 time	case
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 clock	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clock	det
7	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 time	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Ana				on time	by the clock	tree rules

Option 3

Lukas was rude to arrive early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lukas	Lukas	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rude	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	cop
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 arrive	mark
5	arrive	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rude	advcl
6	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 arrive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Lukas					rude property	tree rules
2	arrive	to-infinitive	Lukas not said here					early property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Both were late, as playdates have no time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 late	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 late	cop
3	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 late	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 have	mark
6	playdates	playdate	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 late	advcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Both					late property	tree rules
2	have	present	playdates				time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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