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title: A Joburg (Johannesburg, South Africa) cousin says, "Lekker, I'll fet… — "Five more minutes" and other waiting… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Joburg (Johannesburg, South Africa) cousin says, "Lekker, I'll fetch you just now." Should you be at the gate this second? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 109 «"Five more minutes" and other waiting games» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 6 · ★★ · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games

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A Joburg (Johannesburg, South Africa) cousin says, "Lekker, I'll fetch you just now." Should you be at the gate this second?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Joburg, you · **What happens:** say, fetch, be · **To what, where:** Lekker, you, gate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 109 «"Five more minutes" and other waiting games» 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/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Joburg (Johannesburg, South Africa) cousin says, "Lekker, I'll fetch you just now."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t6:1
# text = A Joburg (Johannesburg, South Africa) cousin says, "Lekker, I'll fetch you just now."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Joburg	Joburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Johannesburg	Johannesburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
9	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Lekker	Lekker	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	just	just	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Joburg | Lekker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fetch** *in a quote* | future | a Joburg *= joburg* | you |  |  | now |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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:* Should you be at the gate this second?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t6:2
# text = Should you be at the gate this second?
1	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should | you |  |  | the gate | second |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, and she is already outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, and she is already outside
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	already	already	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, "just now" always means this second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, "just now" always means this second
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  | now; second | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, "just now" can mean a bit later in South Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t6:o3:1
# text = No, "just now" can mean a bit later in South Africa
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	_	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can |  |  |  |  |  | in South Africa; late *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in africa=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, it means tomorrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t6:o4:1
# text = No, it means tomorrow
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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