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title: Identify the principal meaning of the remark "Glad you could join us… — Late and early: being where you need t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal meaning of the remark "Glad you could join us" when addressed to a pupil arriving late. Exam question 3 of lesson 106 «Late and early: being where you need to be on time» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 3 · Late and early: being where you need to be on time

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Identify the principal meaning of the remark "Glad you could join us" when addressed to a pupil arriving late.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Glad, pupil · **What happens:** identify, join, address, arrive, mean · **To what, where:** principal meaning, us, remark

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 106 «Late and early: being where you need to be on time» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/106-late-and-early-being-on-time/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal meaning of the remark "Glad you could join us" when addressed to a pupil arriving late.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Glad	Glad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	appos	_	_
13	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
16	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	acl	_	_
21	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal meaning of the remark |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **join** *in a quote* | could | Glad | us |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient |
| 3 | **address** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a pupil | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **arrive** | gerund | a pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **mean** |  |  | the remark |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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It is sarcasm signifying disapproval of the lateness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e3:o1:1
# text = It is sarcasm signifying disapproval of the lateness
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sarcasm	sarcasm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	signifying	signify	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	disapproval	disapproval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lateness	lateness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | sarcasm |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **signify** | gerund | sarcasm *not said here* | disapproval of the lateness |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot disapproval=Theme |
| 3 | **disapprove** |  |  | the lateness |  |  |  |  | nom disapproval «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is sincere gratitude for punctual attendance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e3:o2:1
# text = It is sincere gratitude for punctual attendance
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	punctual	punctual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | sincere gratitude |  |  |  | for punctual attendance | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a commendation for arriving early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e3:o3:1
# text = It is a commendation for arriving early
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	commendation	commendation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a commendation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **arrive** | gerund | a commendation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is an invitation to depart forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e3:o4:1
# text = It is an invitation to depart forthwith
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a invitation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **depart** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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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