Test 1 · ★★★ · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

Saffie gets home at 3:45 and Mam gets home at 6:00. Mrs Hughes pops round every 45 minutes, starting at 4:00. How many times does she pop round before Mam is home?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Saffie, Mam, Mrs · What happens: get, pop, start, be · To what, where: 3:45, 6:00, 4:00, Mam

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» 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: Saffie gets home at 3:45 and Mam gets home at 6:00.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saffie	Saffie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 gets	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 3:45	case
5	3:45	3:45	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 gets	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gets	cc
7	Mam	Mam	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gets	nsubj
8	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gets	conj
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 gets	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 6:00	case
11	6:00	6:00	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 gets	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Saffie			3:45		home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	get	present	Mam			6:00		home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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: Mrs Hughes pops round every 45 minutes, starting at 4:00.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pops	nsubj
2	Hughes	Hughes	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mrs	flat
3	pops	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADV	_	3 pops	advmod
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 minutes	det
6	45	45	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 minutes	nummod
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pops	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 starting	punct
9	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 pops	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 4:00	case
11	4:00	4:00	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 starting	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pops	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop	present	Mrs				minute	round property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	start	gerund	Mrs not said here			4:00			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Sentence 3: How many times does she pop round before Mam is home?

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 times	amod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pop	obl:unmarked
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pop	aux
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pop	nsubj
6	pop	pop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	round	round	ADV	_	6 pop	advmod
8	before	before	ADP	_	9 Mam	case
9	Mam	Mam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 pop	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 home	cop
11	home	home	ADV	_	6 pop	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 pop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop	present · do-support	Mrs			Mam	time	round property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before mam=Location
2	is	present	Mrs not said here					home property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

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 2 · ✓ the right answer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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