--- title: Which is "late for school" and which is "late in the day"? — Days of the week, the clock, birthdays · tree and pragmatics description: Which is "late for school" and which is "late in the day"? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 22 «Days of the week, the clock, birthdays» 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/22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays/t5/) [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/) / [Days of the week, the clock, birthdays](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Days of the week, the clock, birthdays Which is "late for school" and which is "late in the day"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 22 «Days of the week, the clock, birthdays» 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/22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t5:1 # text = Which is "late for school" and which is "late in the day"? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | for school; late *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | day | late *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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Both mean late for school ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t5:o1:1 # text = Both mean late for school 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Both | | | | | for school; late *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for school=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} wǎn is late for school; chídào is late in the day ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t5:o2:1 # text = wǎn is late for school; chídào is late in the day 1 wǎn wǎn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 chídào chídào NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | wǎn | | | | | for school; late *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | chídào | | | | day | late *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} chídào is late for school; wǎn is late in the day ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t5:o3:1 # text = chídào is late for school; wǎn is late in the day 1 chídào chídào PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 wǎn wǎn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | chídào | | | | | for school; late *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | wǎn | | | | day | late *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Both mean late in the day ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays:t5:o4:1 # text = Both mean late in the day 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Both | | | | | late *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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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