Test 4 · How long since? Counting back
Dad: "I put the kettle on a minute ago." The oven clock went from 8:03 to 8:10. What does "a minute ago" mean here?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, oven clock · What happens: put, go, mean · To what, where: kettle, 8:03
This is test 4 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: Dad: "I put the kettle on a minute ago."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | vocative |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 put | nsubj |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kettle | det |
| 7 | kettle | kettle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 minute | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 minute | det |
| 10 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ago | obl |
| 11 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 5 put | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put in a quote | past | I | the kettle | Dad vocative; ago property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent kettle=Goal |
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: The oven clock went from 8:03 to 8:10.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 clock | det |
| 2 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 clock | compound |
| 3 | clock | clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 8:03 | case |
| 6 | 8:03 | 8:03 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 went | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 8:10 | case |
| 8 | 8:10 | 8:10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 8:03 | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the oven clock | 8:03 to 8:10 | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from 8:03=Initial_Location |
Sentence 3: What does "a minute ago" mean here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mean | aux |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 ago | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 minute | det |
| 5 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 8 mean | advmod |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 ago | punct |
| 8 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 mean | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | here | ago property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Recently; it was really 7 minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recently | recently | ADV | _ | 7 minutes | advmod |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Recently | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 minutes | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 minutes | cop |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 7 | advmod |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 minutes | nummod |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | 7 minutes | recently property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Ten minutes ago exactly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 3 ago | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Exactly one minute ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 2 one | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 minute | nummod |
| 3 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Eight hours ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hours | nummod |
| 2 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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