Test 9 · Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and dead… Mia's mum: "Your teacher's time is precious too." Mia: "It's only 5 minutes, it's giving drama." ("It's giving drama" means you're making a fuss.) What's Mum's point?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, teacher, Mia, giving, you, point · What happens: be, give, mean, make, point · To what, where: 5 minutes, drama, fuss · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Mia's mum: "Your teacher's time is precious too."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nmod:poss nmod:poss case nsubj cop advmod punct punct root Mia PROPN 's PART mum NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Your PRON teacher NOUN 's PART time NOUN is AUX precious ADJ too ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Mia case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 11 precious nsubj 4 : : PUNCT _ 11 precious punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 11 precious punct 6 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 teacher nmod:poss 7 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 9 time nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 teacher case 9 time time NOUN Number=Sing 11 precious nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 precious cop 11 precious precious ADJ Degree=Pos root root 12 too too ADV _ 11 precious advmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 11 precious punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 11 precious punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Mia's mum precious 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: Mia: "It's only 5 minutes, it's giving drama."
nsubj punct punct nsubj cop advmod nummod conj punct nsubj aux obj punct punct root Mia PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT It PRON 's AUX only ADV 5 NUM minutes NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX giving VERB drama NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 12 giving nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 8 minutes punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 8 minutes punct 4 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 minutes nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 minutes cop 6 only only ADV _ 8 minutes advmod 7 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 minutes nummod 8 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 1 Mia conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 1 Mia punct 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 giving nsubj 11 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 giving aux 12 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 13 drama drama NOUN Number=Sing 12 giving obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 12 giving punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 12 giving punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present teacher 5 minutes tree rules 2 give in a quote present · progressive Mia and 5 minutes drama vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drama=Theme
Sentence 3: ("It's giving drama" means you're making a fuss.)
punct punct nsubj aux csubj obj punct nsubj aux ccomp det obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT It PRON 's AUX giving VERB drama NOUN " PUNCT means VERB you PRON 're AUX making VERB a DET fuss NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 8 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 5 giving punct 3 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 giving nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 giving aux 5 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 means csubj 6 drama drama NOUN Number=Sing 5 giving obj 7 " " PUNCT _ 5 giving punct 8 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 making nsubj 10 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 making aux 11 making make VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 means ccomp 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 fuss det 13 fuss fuss NOUN Number=Sing 11 making obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 8 means punct 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 8 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give in a quote present · progressive teacher drama vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drama=Theme 2 mean present giving vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 make present · progressive you a fuss vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuss=Product
Sentence 4: What's Mum's point?
cop nmod:poss case nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX Mum PROPN 's PART point NOUN ? PUNCT 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 Mum Mum PROPN Number=Sing 5 point nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 Mum case 5 point point NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Mum's point tree rules 2 point Mum nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
The options Option 1 Teachers always have plenty of extra time to spare
nsubj advmod obj case amod nmod mark acl root Teachers NOUN always ADV have VERB plenty NOUN of ADP extra ADJ time NOUN to PART spare VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teachers teacher NOUN Number=Plur 3 have nsubj 2 always always ADV PronType=Tot 3 have advmod 3 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 plenty plenty NOUN Number=Sing 3 have obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 time case 6 extra extra ADJ Degree=Pos 7 time amod 7 time time NOUN Number=Sing 4 plenty nmod 8 to to PART _ 9 spare mark 9 spare spare VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 time acl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present Teachers plenty of extra time always property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient 2 spare to-infinitive Teachers not said here vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Others lose time too; being on time shows respect
nsubj obj advmod punct csubj case obl parataxis obj root Others NOUN lose VERB time NOUN too ADV ; PUNCT being VERB on ADP time NOUN shows VERB respect NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Others other NOUN Number=Plur 2 lose nsubj 2 lose lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 lose obj 4 too too ADV _ 2 lose advmod 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 shows punct 6 being be VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 shows csubj 7 on on ADP _ 8 time case 8 time time NOUN Number=Sing 6 being obl 9 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 lose parataxis 10 respect respect NOUN Number=Sing 9 shows obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lose present Others time vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 be gerund time vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 show present being respect vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Being 5 minutes late never matters to anybody at all
cop nummod nsubj advmod advmod case obl case obl root Being AUX 5 NUM minutes NOUN late ADV never ADV matters VERB to ADP anybody PRON at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 minutes cop 2 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 minutes nummod 3 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 6 matters nsubj 4 late late ADV Degree=Pos 3 minutes advmod 5 never never ADV PronType=Neg 6 matters advmod 6 matters matter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 to to ADP _ 8 anybody case 8 anybody anybody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 matters obl 9 at at ADP _ 10 all case 10 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 matters obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a gerund 5 minutes late property tree rules 2 not matter present 5 minutes all to anybody vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to anybody=Experiencer
Option 4 Only teachers are ever allowed to turn up late to class
advmod nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod mark xcomp compound:prt advmod case obl root Only ADV teachers NOUN are AUX ever ADV allowed VERB to PART turn VERB up ADP late ADV to ADP class NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 teachers advmod 2 teachers teacher NOUN Number=Plur 5 allowed nsubj:pass 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 allowed aux:pass 4 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 5 allowed advmod 5 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 to to PART _ 7 turn mark 7 turn turn VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 allowed xcomp 8 up up ADP _ 7 turn compound:prt 9 late late ADV Degree=Pos 7 turn advmod 10 to to ADP _ 11 class case 11 class class NOUN Number=Sing 7 turn obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 allow present · passive teachers ever vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality 2 turn up not said to happen to-infinitive teachers not said here to class; late property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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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