Test 8 · ★ · How long until? Counting on across the hour
A Kiwi (New Zealand) aunt texts Finn: "Land quarter to three, then hour and a half drive, sweet as." When should he put his shoes on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kiwi aunt, Finn · What happens: text, put on · To what, where: Finn, shoes
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 107 «How long until? Counting on across the hour» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: A Kiwi (New Zealand) aunt texts Finn: "Land quarter to three, then hour and a half drive, sweet as."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 Kiwi | det |
| 2 | Kiwi | Kiwi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 aunt | compound |
| 3 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 Zealand | punct |
| 4 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Zealand | flat |
| 5 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Kiwi | appos |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 Zealand | punct |
| 7 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 texts | nsubj |
| 8 | texts | text | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Finn | Finn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 texts | obj |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 quarter | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 quarter | punct |
| 12 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 quarter | compound |
| 13 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 texts | parataxis |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 three | case |
| 15 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 quarter | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 hour | punct |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 hour | advmod |
| 18 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 quarter | conj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 drive | cc |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 drive | det |
| 21 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 22 drive | compound |
| 22 | drive | drive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 quarter | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 sweet | punct |
| 24 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 quarter | conj |
| 25 | as | as | ADP | _ | 24 sweet | fixed |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 texts | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 texts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | text | present | Kiwi aunt | Finn | 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: When should he put his shoes on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 put | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 shoes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 put | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 put | compound:prt |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put on | should | Finn | Finn's shoes | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent shoe=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Just before 4:15
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 3 4:15 | advmod |
| 2 | before | before | ADP | _ | 3 4:15 | case |
| 3 | 4:15 | 4:15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Just before 2:45, when she lands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 3 2:45 | advmod |
| 2 | before | before | ADP | _ | 3 2:45 | case |
| 3 | 2:45 | 2:45 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lands | punct |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 lands | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 lands | nsubj |
| 7 | lands | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 2:45 | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | she | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Not until about 5:45
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 5:45 | advmod |
| 2 | until | until | ADP | _ | 4 5:45 | case |
| 3 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 5:45 | advmod |
| 4 | 5:45 | 5:45 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Around half past three
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Around | around | ADV | _ | 2 half | advmod |
| 2 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | root | root |
| 3 | past | past | ADP | _ | 4 three | case |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 half | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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