--- title: Sean's mum reads "come round this arvo" and asks, "Is that the morni… — Quarter past, quarter to, and how peop… · tree and pragmatics description: Sean's mum reads "come round this arvo" and asks, "Is that the morning?" What does "arvo" mean? 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What does "arvo" mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, arvo · **What happens:** read, come round, ask, be, mean · **To what, where:** arvo, morning · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 102 «Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time» of the world 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/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sean's mum reads "come round this arvo" and asks, "Is that the morning?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t3:1 # text = Sean's mum reads "come round this arvo" and asks, "Is that the morning?" 1 Sean Sean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 7 round round ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 arvo arvo NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | present | Sean's mum | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **come round** *in a quote* | infinitive | Sean's mum *not said here* | this arvo | | | | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Sean's mum *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the morning | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does "arvo" mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t3:2 # text = What does "arvo" mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 arvo arvo NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | arvo | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Tomorrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t3:o1:1 # text = Tomorrow 1 Tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t3:o2:1 # text = Morning 1 Morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Evening ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t3:o3:1 # text = Evening 1 Evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t3:o4:1 # text = Afternoon 1 Afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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