--- title: Which word points back in time, and which forward? — Today, tomorrow, now, later · tree and pragmatics description: Which word points back in time, and which forward? Test 3 of lesson 21 «Today, tomorrow, now, later» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Today, tomorrow, now, later](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/) / t3 # Test 3 · Today, tomorrow, now, later Which word points back in time, and which forward? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** word · **What happens:** point back This is test 3 of lesson 21 «Today, tomorrow, now, later» of the Chinese street 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:t3:1 # text = Which word points back in time, and which forward? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 forward forward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point back** | present | which word | | | | time | forward *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} mǎshàng back, gāngcái forward ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:t3:o1:1 # text = mǎshàng back, gāngcái forward 1 mǎshàng mǎshàng VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 gāngcái gāngcái NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 forward forward ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mǎshàng back** | gerund | | gāngcái | | | | forward *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Both point back ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:t3:o2:1 # text = Both point back 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 point point VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point back** | present | Both | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} gāngcái back, mǎshàng forward ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:t3:o3:1 # text = gāngcái back, mǎshàng forward 1 gāngcái gāngcái VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 mǎshàng mǎshàng VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 5 forward forward ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gāngcái back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mǎshàng** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Both point forward ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:21-today-tomorrow-now-later:t3:o4:1 # text = Both point forward 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 point point VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 forward forward ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | present | Both | | | | | forward *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «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. 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