Test 9 · ★ · Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult
★★★ Carys is alone each evening from 7 pm, when Mum falls asleep, until 9 pm, when Carys goes to bed. Mum works 5 nights a week, and only on those nights does she fall asleep at 7. How many hours a week is Carys on her own in the evening?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, Mum, Carys, nights, many hours · What happens: be, fall, go, work · To what, where: bed, 7
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 497 «Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult» of the everyday 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.
The question
Sentence 1: ★★★ Carys is alone each evening from 7 pm, when Mum falls asleep, until 9 pm, when Carys goes to bed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 alone | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | appos |
| 4 | Carys | Carys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | flat |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 alone | cop |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 evening | det |
| 8 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 alone | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 7 | case |
| 10 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 evening | nmod |
| 11 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 7 | nmod:unmarked |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 falls | punct |
| 13 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 falls | mark |
| 14 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 falls | nsubj |
| 15 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 alone | conj |
| 16 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 falls | xcomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 9 | punct |
| 18 | until | until | ADP | _ | 19 9 | case |
| 19 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 falls | obl |
| 20 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 9 | nmod:unmarked |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 goes | punct |
| 22 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 24 goes | mark |
| 23 | Carys | Carys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 goes | nsubj |
| 24 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 falls | conj |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 bed | case |
| 26 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 goes | obl |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 alone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | ★ | evening | alone property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | fall | present | Mum | until 9 pm | asleep property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | go | present | Carys | bed | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location |
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: Mum works 5 nights a week, and only on those nights does she fall asleep at 7.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 works | nsubj |
| 2 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 nights | nummod |
| 4 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 works | obl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 week | det |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 works | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 fall | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 fall | cc |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 12 nights | advmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 nights | case |
| 11 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 12 nights | det |
| 12 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 fall | nsubj |
| 13 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 fall | aux |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 fall | nsubj |
| 15 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 works | parataxis |
| 16 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 fall | xcomp |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 7 | case |
| 18 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 fall | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 works | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Mum | night; week | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | fall | present · do-support | that nights | 7 | asleep property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at 7=Location |
Sentence 3: How many hours a week is Carys on her own in the evening?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hours | amod |
| 3 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 own | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 week | det |
| 5 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hours | nmod:unmarked |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 own | cop |
| 7 | Carys | Carys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 own | nsubj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 own | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 own | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 evening | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 evening | det |
| 13 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 own | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 own | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | many hours a week | evening | own property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
10
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
7
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
2
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
14
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 14 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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