Test 6 · How long since? Counting back
Our kid says, "Holly had a proper kip, 9:45 pm to 7:15 am, that's like 2 and a half hours." Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, Holly, that, you · What happens: say, have, be, put · To what, where: proper kip, kip · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Our kid says, "Holly had a proper kip, 9:45 pm to 7:15 am, that's like 2 and a half hours."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 kid | nmod:poss |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 had | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 had | punct |
| 6 | Holly | Holly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 kip | det |
| 9 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 kip | amod |
| 10 | kip | kip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 9:45 | punct |
| 12 | 9:45 | 9:45 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 kip | appos |
| 13 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 9:45 | nmod:unmarked |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 7:15 | case |
| 15 | 7:15 | 7:15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 9:45 | nmod |
| 16 | am | a.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 7:15 | nmod:unmarked |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 2 | punct |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 2 | nsubj |
| 19 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 2 | cop |
| 20 | like | like | ADP | _ | 21 2 | case |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 had | parataxis |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 hours | cc |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 half | det |
| 24 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 25 hours | compound |
| 25 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 2 | conj |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Our kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | past | Holly | a proper kip | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kip=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | that | like 2 and half 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 it 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 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut 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 | kip | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=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 2 hours 30 minutes, 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 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 hours | nummod |
| 4 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 minutes | nummod |
| 6 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hours | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hours | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 right | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 right | cop |
| 10 | 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 | 2 hours | minute | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | he | 2 hours not said here | right property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It's 9 hours 30 minutes, because it goes 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 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 hours | nummod |
| 4 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 goes | nsubj |
| 5 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 minutes | nummod |
| 6 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hours | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 goes | punct |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 goes | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 goes | nsubj |
| 10 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | across | across | ADP | _ | 12 midnight | case |
| 12 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 goes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | 9 hours | minute | tree rules | |||
| 2 | go | present | 9 hours | midnight | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It's 7 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 | 7 | 7 | 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 | 7 hours | exactly property | tree rules |
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