--- title: ★★ «The early bird got there early.» What word class is each «early»? — Word classes: the jobs words do · tree and pragmatics description: ★★ «The early bird got there early.» What word class is each «early»? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 27 «Word classes: the jobs words do» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/t2/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Word classes: the jobs words do](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Word classes: the jobs words do ★★ «The early bird got there early.» What word class is each «early»? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, word class · **What happens:** get, be This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 27 «Word classes: the jobs words do» of the English 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/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★ «The early bird got there early.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:t2:1 # text = ★★ «The early bird got there early.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 9 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | ★ | | | there | | early *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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:* What word class is each «early»? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:t2:2 # text = What word class is each «early»? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 nsubj _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | word class | | | | | early *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} First an adjective, then an adverb ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:t2:o1:1 # text = First an adjective, then an adverb 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adjective adjective NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 adverb adverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Both adjectives ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:t2:o2:1 # text = Both adjectives 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 adjectives adjective NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Both adverbs ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:t2:o3:1 # text = Both adverbs 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 adverbs adverb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} First a noun, then a verb ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:t2:o4:1 # text = First a noun, then a verb 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 noun noun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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