--- title: Ava's gran, at 5 am: "Up with the larks, are we?" What does she mean? — Day and night, shadows and sundials · tree and pragmatics description: Ava's gran, at 5 am: "Up with the larks, are we?" What does she mean? Test 9 of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/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/) / [Day and night, shadows and sundials](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/) / t9 # Test 9 · Day and night, shadows and sundials Ava's gran, at 5 am: "Up with the larks, are we?" What does she mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gran, Ava · **What happens:** be, mean · **To what, where:** we This is test 9 of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» 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/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ava's gran, at 5 am: "Up with the larks, are we?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t9:1 # text = Ava's gran, at 5 am: "Up with the larks, are we?" 1 Ava Ava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 appos _ _ 7 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Up up ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 larks lark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Ava's gran | we | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does she mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t9:2 # 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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Ava | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} You've been out birdwatching ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t9:o1:1 # text = You've been out birdwatching 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 birdwatching birdwatching NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present · perfect | You | birdwatching | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} You're up very early ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t9:o2:1 # text = You're up very early 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 up up ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | early, up *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} You stayed up all night ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t9:o3:1 # text = You stayed up all night 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay up** | past | You | | | | night | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} You're as noisy as a bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t9:o4:1 # text = You're as noisy as a bird 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | as a bird; noisy *property* | tree rules | **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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