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description: What would happen if Bianca's family had planned no buffer and left at 9:40 instead of 9:25, with the same 50-minute drive? Test 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 ques
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Late and early: being where you need to be on time

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What would happen if Bianca's family had planned no buffer and left at 9:40 instead of 9:25, with the same 50-minute drive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** happen, plan, leave · **To what, where:** buffer, 9:40

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 106 «Late and early: being where you need to be on time» 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/106-late-and-early-being-on-time/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:t3:1
# text = What would happen if Bianca's family had planned no buffer and left at 9:40 instead of 9:25, with the same 50-minute drive?
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	_	9	mark	_	_
5	Bianca	Bianca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	planned	plan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	buffer	buffer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	9:40	9:40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	obl	_	_
16	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	18	case	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	9:25	9:25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
22	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
23	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **plan** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Bianca's family | no buffer |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buffer=Topic |
| 3 | **leave** | past | Bianca's family *not said here* |  |  | 9:40 |  | instead 9:25; with the same minute drive | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at 9:40=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They would arrive at 11:00 and miss it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:t3:o1:1
# text = They would arrive at 11:00 and miss it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	11:00	11:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	miss	miss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | would | They |  |  | 11:00 |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **miss** | infinitive | They *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They would arrive at 10:30 and only just make check-in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:t3:o2:1
# text = They would arrive at 10:30 and only just make check-in
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	10:30	10:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	check	check	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	in	in	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | would | They |  |  | 10:30 |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | infinitive | They *not said here* | check in |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset in=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They would arrive at 10:00, very early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:t3:o3:1
# text = They would arrive at 10:00, very early
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	10:00	10:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	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 | **arrive** | would | They |  |  | 10:00 |  | early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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They would arrive at 10:15 with time to spare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:t3:o4:1
# text = They would arrive at 10:15 with time to spare
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	10:15	10:15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	spare	spare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | would | They |  |  | 10:15 | time |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **spare** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent |

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