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title: Jade, Singapore style: "Bus every 12 minutes from seven, want to cat… — Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jade, Singapore style: "Bus every 12 minutes from seven, want to catch at 7:30, can or not?" What's the answer? Test 3 · ★ 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 eac
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# Test 3 · ★ · Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day

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Jade, Singapore style: "Bus every 12 minutes from seven, want to catch at 7:30, can or not?" What's the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jade, answer · **What happens:** want, catch, be · **To what, where:** 7:30

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jade, Singapore style: "Bus every 12 minutes from seven, want to catch at 7:30, can or not?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t3:1
# text = Jade, Singapore style: "Bus every 12 minutes from seven, want to catch at 7:30, can or not?"
1	Jade	jade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Singapore	Singapore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	7:30	7:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	xcomp	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** *in a quote* | present | Jade and Singapore style and Bus |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Jade and Singapore style and Bus *not said here* |  |  | 7:30 |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at 7:30=Asset |

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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:* What's the answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t3:2
# text = What's the answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Not exactly; buses come at 7:24 and 7:36

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t3:o1:1
# text = Not exactly; buses come at 7:24 and 7:36
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
2	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	7:24	7:24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	7:36	7:36	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** | present | buses |  |  | 7:24 |  | exactly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 7:24=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, buses come at 7:15 and 7:30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, buses come at 7:15 and 7:30
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	7:15	7:15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	7:30	7:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | buses |  |  | 7:15 |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 7:15=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, there is a bus at exactly 7:30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, there is a bus at exactly 7:30
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	7:30	7:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a bus |  |  | 7:30; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 7:30=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, the next bus after 7:00 is at 8:00

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t3:o4:1
# text = No, the next bus after 7:00 is at 8:00
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	7:00	7:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	8:00	8:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the next bus after 7:00 |  |  | 8:00 |  |  | tree rules |

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