--- title: What would happen if Callum knew only the 8:10 bus time and missed it? — Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if Callum knew only the 8:10 bus time and missed it? Test 9 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day/t9/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day What would happen if Callum knew only the 8:10 bus time and missed it? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Callum · **What happens:** happen, know, miss · **To what, where:** it This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t9:1 # text = What would happen if Callum knew only the 8:10 bus time and missed it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Callum Callum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 8:10 8:10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Callum | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **miss** | past | Callum *not said here* | it | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The 8:10 bus would come back for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t9:o1:1 # text = The 8:10 bus would come back for him 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 8:10 8:10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | would | the 8:10 bus | | | | | for him *= he* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The timetable would change for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t9:o2:1 # text = The timetable would change for him 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 timetable timetable NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | the timetable | | | | | for him *= he* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He would not know how long to wait for the next one ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t9:o3:1 # text = He would not know how long to wait for the next one 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | would | He | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for the next one; long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} No more buses would come that day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t9:o4:1 # text = No more buses would come that day 1 No no ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 buses bus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | would | more buses | | | | day | | 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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