Test 7 · How long since? Counting back Mia's dog, fed at 7:30 am, whines at 1:30 pm. Mia says, "He only ate an hour ago." What should she know?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, Mia · What happens: feed, whine, say, eat, know · To what, where: dog, 7:30 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: Mia's dog, fed at 7:30 am, whines at 1:30 pm.
nmod:poss case nsubj punct acl case obl nmod:unmarked punct case obl nmod:unmarked punct root Mia PROPN 's PART dog NOUN , PUNCT fed VERB at ADP 7:30 NUM am NOUN , PUNCT whines VERB at ADP 1:30 NUM pm NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 3 dog nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Mia case 3 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 10 whines nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 fed punct 5 fed feed VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 dog acl 6 at at ADP _ 7 7:30 case 7 7:30 7:30 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 fed obl 8 am a.m. NOUN Number=Sing 7 7:30 nmod:unmarked 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 whines punct 10 whines whine VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 11 at at ADP _ 12 1:30 case 12 1:30 1:30 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 whines obl 13 pm p.m. NOUN Number=Sing 12 1:30 nmod:unmarked 14 . . PUNCT _ 10 whines punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feed participle Mia's dog not said here 7:30 am vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent 2 whine present Mia's dog at 1:30 pm vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at 1:30=Stimulus
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: Mia says, "He only ate an hour ago."
nsubj punct punct nsubj advmod ccomp det obl:unmarked advmod punct punct root Mia PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT He PRON only ADV ate VERB an DET hour NOUN ago ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 7 ate punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 7 ate punct 5 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 ate nsubj 6 only only ADV _ 7 ate advmod 7 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 says ccomp 8 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 hour det 9 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 10 ago obl:unmarked 10 ago ago ADV _ 7 ate advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 ate punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 7 ate punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Mia vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 eat in a quote past Mia ago property vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What should she know?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX she PRON know VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 know obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 know aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 know nsubj 4 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 know punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know should dog vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He ate 30 minutes ago
nsubj nummod obl:unmarked advmod root He PRON ate VERB 30 NUM minutes NOUN ago ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 ate nsubj 2 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 30 30 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 minutes nummod 4 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 5 ago obl:unmarked 5 ago ago ADV _ 2 ate advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat past He ago property vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer He ate 6 hours ago
nsubj nummod obl:unmarked advmod root He PRON ate VERB 6 NUM hours NOUN ago ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 ate nsubj 2 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 hours nummod 4 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 5 ago obl:unmarked 5 ago ago ADV _ 2 ate advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat past He ago property vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 He ate 1 hour ago, as she says
nsubj nummod obl:unmarked advmod punct mark nsubj conj root He PRON ate VERB 1 NUM hour NOUN ago ADV , PUNCT as SCONJ she PRON says VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 ate nsubj 2 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 hour nummod 4 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 5 ago obl:unmarked 5 ago ago ADV _ 2 ate advmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 says punct 7 as as SCONJ _ 9 says mark 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 says nsubj 9 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 ate conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat past He ago property vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 say speech: assert present she vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 4 He ate 8 hours ago
nsubj nummod obl:unmarked advmod root He PRON ate VERB 8 NUM hours NOUN ago ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 ate nsubj 2 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 8 8 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 hours nummod 4 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 5 ago obl:unmarked 5 ago ago ADV _ 2 ate advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat past He ago property vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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