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Test 8 · Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and dead…

Leo's dad, from Dublin, hears the food will be 20 minutes: "Grand, we'll have a drink so." ("Grand" means fine.) What's sensible about this?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, Grand · What happens: hear, be, have, mean · To what, where: food, 20 minutes, drink · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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: Leo's dad, from Dublin, hears the food will be 20 minutes: "Grand, we'll have a drink so."

nmod:posscasensubjpunctcaseappospunctdetobjauxcopnummodconjpunctpunctnsubjpunctnsubjauxparataxisdetobjadvmodpunctpunctrootLeoPROPN'sPARTdadNOUN,PUNCTfromADPDublinPROPN,PUNCThearsVERBtheDETfoodNOUNwillAUXbeAUX20NUMminutesNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTGrandPROPN,PUNCTwePRON'llAUXhaveVERBaDETdrinkNOUNsoADV.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LeoLeoPROPNNumber=Sing3 dadnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Leocase
3daddadNOUNNumber=Sing8 hearsnsubj
4,,PUNCT_6 Dublinpunct
5fromfromADP_6 Dublincase
6DublinDublinPROPNNumber=Sing3 dadappos
7,,PUNCT_3 dadpunct
8hearshearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 fooddet
10foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing8 hearsobj
11willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin14 minutesaux
12bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf14 minutescop
132020NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card14 minutesnummod
14minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plur10 foodconj
15::PUNCT_21 havepunct
16""PUNCT_17 Grandpunct
17GrandGrandPROPN_21 havensubj
18,,PUNCT_17 Grandpunct
19wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs21 havensubj
20'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin21 haveaux
21havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf8 hearsparataxis
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 drinkdet
23drinkdrinkNOUNNumber=Sing21 haveobj
24sosoADV_21 haveadvmod
25..PUNCT_21 havepunct
26""PUNCT_21 havepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hearpresentLeo's dadthe food and 20 minutestree rules
2is afutureLeo's dad not said here20 minutestree rules
3have in a quotefutureGranda drinkvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient

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: ("Grand" means fine.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctxcomppunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTGrandPROPN"PUNCTmeansVERBfineADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Grandpunct
3GrandGrandPROPN_5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 Grandpunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6finefineADJDegree=Pos5 meansxcomp
7..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
8))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentGrandfine propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What's sensible about this?

nsubjcopcaseoblpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXsensibleADJaboutADPthisPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 sensiblensubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 sensiblecop
3sensiblesensibleADJDegree=Posrootroot
4aboutaboutADP_5 thiscase
5thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 sensibleobl
6??PUNCT_3 sensiblepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentabout this; sensible propertytree rules

The options

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

He fills the waiting time with something nice

nsubjdetcompoundobjcaseoblamodrootHePRONfillsVERBtheDETwaitingNOUNtimeNOUNwithADPsomethingPRONniceADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 fillsnsubj
2fillsfillVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 timedet
4waitingwaitingNOUNNumber=Sing5 timecompound
5timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing2 fillsobj
6withwithADP_7 somethingcase
7somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind2 fillsobl
8niceniceADJDegree=Pos7 somethingamod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fillpresentHetimewith somethingvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with something=Instrument

Option 2

He complains to everyone that 20 minutes is basically forever

nsubjcaseoblnsubjnummodobl:unmarkedcopadvmodacl:relclrootHePRONcomplainsVERBtoADPeveryonePRONthatPRON20NUMminutesNOUNisAUXbasicallyADVforeverADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 complainsnsubj
2complainscomplainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoADP_4 everyonecase
4everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot2 complainsobl
5thatthatPRONPronType=Rel10 forevernsubj
62020NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card7 minutesnummod
7minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plur5 thatobl:unmarked
8isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 forevercop
9basicallybasicallyADV_10 foreveradvmod
10foreverforeverADV_4 everyoneacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1complain speech: otherpresentHeeveryonevn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to everyone=Recipient
2ispresentbasically, forever propertytree rules

Option 3

He shouts at the waiter to hurry up

nsubjcasedetoblmarkadvclcompound:prtrootHePRONshoutsVERBatADPtheDETwaiterNOUNtoPARThurryVERBupADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 shoutsnsubj
2shoutsshoutVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3atatADP_5 waitercase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 waiterdet
5waiterwaiterNOUNNumber=Sing2 shoutsobl
6totoPART_7 hurrymark
7hurryhurryVERBVerbForm=Inf2 shoutsadvcl
8upupADP_7 hurrycompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shout speech: expresspresentHeat the waitervn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2hurry upto-infinitiveHe not said herevn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He leaves without eating

nsubjmarkadvclrootHePRONleavesVERBwithoutSCONJeatingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 leavesnsubj
2leavesleaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3withoutwithoutSCONJ_4 eatingmark
4eatingeatVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 leavesadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leavepresentHevn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2eatgerundHe not said herevn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: 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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