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title: The lifeguard says no to Josh at 5:20, even though the pool closes a… — Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: The lifeguard says no to Josh at 5:20, even though the pool closes at 6. Why? Test 5 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day

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The lifeguard says no to Josh at 5:20, even though the pool closes at 6. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lifeguard, pool · **What happens:** say, close · **To what, where:** no, Josh, 5:20, 6 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The lifeguard says no to Josh at 5:20, even though the pool closes at 6.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t5:1
# text = The lifeguard says no to Josh at 5:20, even though the pool closes at 6.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	5:20	5:20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	closes	close	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the lifeguard | no | Josh | 5:20 |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to josh=Recipient |
| 2 | **close** | present | the pool |  |  | 6 |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t5:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The pool had already closed at 5:00

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t5:o1:1
# text = The pool had already closed at 5:00
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	5:00	5:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | past · perfect | the pool |  |  | 5:00 |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Swimming always stops 40 minutes early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t5:o2:1
# text = Swimming always stops 40 minutes early
1	Swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Swimming |  |  |  | minute | always, early *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The lifeguard was just being mean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t5:o3:1
# text = The lifeguard was just being mean
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the lifeguard |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Last entry was 5:15, before closing time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t5:o4:1
# text = Last entry was 5:15, before closing time
1	Last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	5:15	5:15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	closing	close	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Last entry | 5:15 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **close** | gerund | Last entry *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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