Exam question 4 · How long until? Counting on across the hour

Identify the method most consistent with established practice for counting on from 8:52 to 9:17.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established practice · What happens: identify, establish, count on · To what, where: method, 8:52

This is exam question 4 of lesson 107 «How long until? Counting on across the hour» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 method	det
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 method	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 practice	case
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 practice	amod
8	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 counting	mark
10	counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 practice	acl
11	on	on	ADP	_	10 counting	compound:prt
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 8:52	case
13	8:52	8:52	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 counting	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 9:17	case
15	9:17	9:17	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 8:52	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the method		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent method=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	count on	gerund	established practice not said here		8:52 to 9:17	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Subtract fifty-two from seventeen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Subtract	subtract	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Subtract	obj
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 two	punct
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 fifty	conj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 seventeen	case
6	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Subtract	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subtract	imperative	you not said here	fifty				from seventeen	vn multiply-108-2 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent fifty=Theme from seventeen=Co-Theme

Option 2

Count each minute in reverse from 9:17

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 minute	det
3	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Count	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 reverse	case
5	reverse	reverse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Count	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 9:17	case
7	9:17	9:17	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	imperative	you not said here			reverse	minute	from 9:17	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Proceed to 9:00, then add the remaining seventeen minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proceed	proceed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 9:00	case
3	9:00	9:00	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Proceed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 add	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 add	advmod
6	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Proceed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 remaining	det
8	remaining	remain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 add	advcl
9	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 minutes	nummod
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 remaining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	imperative	you not said here		to 9:00	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	add speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	then		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	remain	gerund	you not said here	minute		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Add fifty-two to seventeen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Add	obj
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 two	punct
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 fifty	conj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 seventeen	case
6	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 fifty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	fifty				to seventeen	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent fifty=Patient to seventeen=Co-Patient

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