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Test 7 · Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and dead…

Amir, running at the bus: "Wait, ya muppet!" The bus goes. Whose job was it to be there on time?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Amir, bus, job · What happens: run, wait, go, be · To what, where: bus

This is test 7 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: Amir, running at the bus: "Wait, ya muppet!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amir	Amir	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 running	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Amir	punct
3	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 bus	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bus	det
6	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 running	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 Wait	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Wait	punct
9	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 running	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 muppet	punct
11	ya	ya	ADP	_	12 muppet	case
12	muppet	muppet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Wait	obl
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 Wait	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund	Amir			the bus			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bus=Trajectory
2	wait in a quote	infinitive	Amir not said here					ya muppet	vn exist-47.1 «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: The bus goes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bus	det
2	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the bus						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: Whose job was it to be there on time?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	2 job	nmod:poss
2	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 there	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 there	cop
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 there	nsubj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 there	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 there	cop
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 time	case
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 there	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 there	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	job				time	there property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Nobody's: buses come whenever they like

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 buses	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Nobody	case
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 buses	punct
4	buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 come	nsubj
5	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 like	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 like	nsubj
8	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 come	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Nobody's buses						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	like	present	buses = bus					whenever property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Amir's: the bus keeps a timetable for everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amir	Amir	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Amir	case
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 keeps	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 timetable	det
8	timetable	timetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 everyone	case
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the bus	a timetable				for everyone	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent timetable=Theme

Option 3

The other passengers': they should hold the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 passengers	det
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 passengers	amod
3	passengers	passenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	'	's	PART	_	3 passengers	case
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 hold	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hold	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hold	aux
8	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 passengers	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	should	passengers = passenger	the door					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme

Option 4

The driver's: he must wait for every shout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	's	's	PART	_	2 driver	case
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 wait	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wait	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 wait	aux
7	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 driver	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 shout	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 shout	det
10	shout	shout	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	must	driver	the driver not said here				for every shout	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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