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title: "Numbers by the kettle, bedtime half eight, no screens after seven,… — Dates, engagements and weddings · tree and pragmatics
description: "Numbers by the kettle, bedtime half eight, no screens after seven, back by eleven." Who is Mum most likely talking to? Test 2 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 2 · Dates, engagements and weddings

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"Numbers by the kettle, bedtime half eight, no screens after seven, back by eleven." Who is Mum most likely talking to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** be

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This is test 2 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Numbers by the kettle, bedtime half eight, no screens after seven, back by eleven."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t2:1
# text = "Numbers by the kettle, bedtime half eight, no screens after seven, back by eleven."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	9	advmod	_	_
9	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Who is Mum most likely talking to?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t2:2
# text = Who is Mum most likely talking to?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | likely, talk *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The plumber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t2:o1:1
# text = The plumber
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plumber	plumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Your teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t2:o2:1
# text = Your teacher
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The neighbours' dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t2:o3:1
# text = The neighbours' dog
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The babysitter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t2:o4:1
# text = The babysitter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	babysitter	babysitter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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