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title: Lucas turns up on Saturday at a "Mon–Fri" stop. "Proper useless," he… — Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucas turns up on Saturday at a "Mon–Fri" stop. "Proper useless," he grumbles. What should he have done? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 104 «Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 2 · ★ · Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day

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Lucas turns up on Saturday at a "Mon–Fri" stop. "Proper useless," he grumbles. What should he have done?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lucas · **What happens:** turn up, grumble, do · **To what, where:** Mon stop

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 104 «Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day» 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/104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucas turns up on Saturday at a "Mon–Fri" stop. "

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t2:1
# text = Lucas turns up on Saturday at a "Mon–Fri" stop. "
1	Lucas	Lucas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Mon	mon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	–	–	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Fri	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn up** | present | Lucas |  |  | a Mon stop | saturday |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at stop=Location |

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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:* Proper useless," he grumbles.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t2:2
# text = Proper useless," he grumbles.
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grumbles	grumble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Lucas |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What should he have done?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t2:3
# text = What should he have done?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should · perfect | Lucas |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing; buses always run every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t2:o1:1
# text = Nothing; buses always run every day
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | buses |  |  |  | day | always *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gone to the stop on Sunday instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t2:o2:1
# text = Gone to the stop on Sunday instead
1	Gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | participle |  |  |  | the stop on Sunday |  | instead *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to stop=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Read which days the timetable covers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t2:o3:1
# text = Read which days the timetable covers
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	timetable	timetable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cover** | present | the timetable | which days *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme day=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Waited longer, as Saturday buses come late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t2:o4:1
# text = Waited longer, as Saturday buses come late
1	Waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present | Saturday buses |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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