Test 11 · How long since? Counting back
A cartoon detective says, "The cake was eaten at 11 pm and found at 1 am, that's 10 hours." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon detective, that, you · What happens: say, eat, find, be, put · To what, where: cake, 11, 1, 10 hours, detective · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 108 «How long since? Counting back» 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 cartoon detective says, "The cake was eaten at 11 pm and found at 1 am, that's 10 hours."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 detective | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 detective | compound |
| 3 | detective | detective | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 eaten | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 eaten | punct |
| 7 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cake | det |
| 8 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 eaten | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 eaten | aux:pass |
| 10 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 11 | case |
| 12 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 eaten | obl |
| 13 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 11 | nmod:unmarked |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 found | cc |
| 15 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 eaten | conj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 1 | case |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 found | obl |
| 18 | am | a.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 1 | nmod:unmarked |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 hours | punct |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 hours | nsubj |
| 21 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 hours | cop |
| 22 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 hours | nummod |
| 23 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 says | parataxis |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 hours | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 hours | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a cartoon detective | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | eat in a quote | past · passive | the cake | 11 pm | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | find in a quote | participle | 1 am | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | that | 10 hours | 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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | detective | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It's 12 hours exactly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hours | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hours | cop |
| 3 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 hours | nummod |
| 4 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 hours | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | 12 hours | exactly property | tree rules |
Option 2
It's 14 hours exactly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hours | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hours | cop |
| 3 | 14 | 14 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 hours | nummod |
| 4 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 hours | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | 14 hours | exactly property | tree rules |
Option 3
It's 10 hours, he's right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hours | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hours | cop |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 hours | nummod |
| 4 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hours | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 right | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 right | cop |
| 8 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hours | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | 10 hours | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | 10 hours not said here | right property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's 2 hours, counting across midnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hours | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hours | cop |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 hours | nummod |
| 4 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 counting | punct |
| 6 | counting | count | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 hours | acl |
| 7 | across | across | ADP | _ | 8 midnight | case |
| 8 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 counting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | 2 hours | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | count | gerund | 2 hours not said here | midnight | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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