Test 9 · ★ · How long until? Counting on across the hour
Jayden asks "how long till we get there?" for the tenth time at 2:35; they arrive at 3:10. Dad snaps, "Ask again and we're turning round!" How long is left?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jayden, we, they, Dad · What happens: ask, get, arrive, snap, turn round, leave · To what, where: 3:10 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Jayden asks "how long till we get there?" for the tenth time at 2:35; they arrive at 3:10.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 long | punct |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 long | advmod |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 6 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 8 get | mark |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 get | nsubj |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 long | advcl |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 get | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 get | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 get | punct |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 time | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 time | det |
| 14 | tenth | tenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 time | amod |
| 15 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obl |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 2:35 | case |
| 17 | 2:35 | 2:35 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 time | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 arrive | punct |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 arrive | nsubj |
| 20 | arrive | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 asks | parataxis |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 3:10 | case |
| 22 | 3:10 | 3:10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 20 arrive | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Jayden | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present | we | there | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | arrive | present | they | 3:10 | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Dad snaps, "Ask again and we're turning round!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 snaps | nsubj |
| 2 | snaps | snap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Ask | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Ask | punct |
| 5 | Ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 snaps | conj |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 Ask | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 turning | cc |
| 8 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 turning | nsubj |
| 9 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 turning | aux |
| 10 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 snaps | conj |
| 11 | round | round | ADV | _ | 10 turning | advmod |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 turning | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 turning | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snap | present | Dad | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask in a quote | infinitive | Dad not said here | again | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | turn round in a quote | present · progressive | we | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 3: How long is left?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 long | advmod |
| 2 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 left | advmod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 left | aux:pass |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present · passive | long property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
35 minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35 | 35 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
45 minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | 45 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
75 minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 75 | 75 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
25 minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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