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title: ★★★ Nomsa says «now now» on Monday (meaning soon) and «just now» on… — The big sister: bossy, protective, bor… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Nomsa says «now now» on Monday (meaning soon) and «just now» on Tuesday (meaning later). Which is true? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 500 «The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 9 · ★ · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

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★★★ Nomsa says «now now» on Monday (meaning soon) and «just now» on Tuesday (meaning later). Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** say, mean, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 500 «The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff» of the everyday 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/everyday/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Nomsa says «now now» on Monday (meaning soon) and «just now» on Tuesday (meaning later).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t9:1
# text = ★★★ Nomsa says «now now» on Monday (meaning soon) and «just now» on Tuesday (meaning later).
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	list	_	_
4	Nomsa	Nomsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
14	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
17	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
25	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ |  |  |  | monday |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** | gerund | ★ *not said here* |  |  |  | now; tuesday | late *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t9:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Both mean not this second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t9:o1:1
# text = Both mean not this second
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	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
5	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mean** | present | Both |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Now now» means right this second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t9:o2:1
# text = «Now now» means right this second
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	_
8	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  | now; now | second *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both mean never

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t9:o3:1
# text = Both mean never
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	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mean** | present | Both |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Just now» means a minute ago, always

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t9:o4:1
# text = «Just now» means a minute ago, always
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  | now | ago, always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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**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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