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description: The dentist's receptionist says "Ooh, keen!" when Malik arrives 15 minutes early. What does she mean? Test 5 · ★★ 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 of each optio
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Late and early: being where you need to be on time

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The dentist's receptionist says "Ooh, keen!" when Malik arrives 15 minutes early. What does she mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** receptionist, Malik · **What happens:** say, arrive, mean · **To what, where:** Ooh · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The dentist's receptionist says "Ooh, keen!" when Malik arrives 15 minutes early.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:t5:1
# text = The dentist's receptionist says "Ooh, keen!" when Malik arrives 15 minutes early.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Ooh	Ooh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	keen	keen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
12	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	14	mark	_	_
13	Malik	Malik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	arrives	arrive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the dentist's receptionist | Ooh |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ooh=Topic |
| 2 | **arrive** | present | Malik |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 does she mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:t5:2
# text = What does she mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Malik |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He must leave and come back later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:t5:o1:1
# text = He must leave and come back later
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | must | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come back** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He's in trouble for arriving early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:t5:o2:1
# text = He's in trouble for arriving early
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
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** | present | He |  |  | trouble |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **arrive** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He has missed his appointment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:t5:o3:1
# text = He has missed his appointment
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	missed	miss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	appointment	appointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present · perfect | He | his appointment |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer appointment=Stimulus |

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

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He's eager, and early is fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:t5:o4:1
# text = He's eager, and early is fine
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | eager *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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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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