--- title: A Singapore uncle asks "Tomorrow can come or not?" What is he asking? — Accents and dialects around the world · tree and pragmatics description: A Singapore uncle asks "Tomorrow can come or not?" What is he asking? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» of the language 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/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/t6/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Accents and dialects around the world](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Accents and dialects around the world A Singapore uncle asks "Tomorrow can come or not?" What is he asking? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Singapore uncle, Tomorrow, uncle · **What happens:** ask, come · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» of the language 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/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Singapore uncle asks "Tomorrow can come or not?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t6:1 # text = A Singapore uncle asks "Tomorrow can come or not?" 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Singapore Singapore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a Singapore uncle | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | can | Tomorrow | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 is he asking? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t6:2 # text = What is he asking? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · progressive | uncle | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Can tomorrow be cancelled? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t6:o1:1 # text = Can tomorrow be cancelled? 1 Can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 cancelled cancel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cancel** | can · passive | | tomorrow | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Is it tomorrow or not? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t6:o2:1 # text = Is it tomorrow or not? 1 Is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 3 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | it | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Did you come yesterday? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t6:o3:1 # text = Did you come yesterday? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · do-support | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Can you come tomorrow? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t6:o4:1 # text = Can you come tomorrow? 1 Can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | can | you | | | | tomorrow | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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. 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