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title: Fr, when did it get a bit less dark in the winter? — Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kab… · tree and pragmatics
description: Fr, when did it get a bit less dark in the winter? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1231 «Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is swallowed by a shell-fish, and is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is sw…

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Fr, when did it get a bit less dark in the winter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fr · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** Fr

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1231 «Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is swallowed by a shell-fish, and is punished» of the books 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/books/1231-pg3282-part32/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:t9:1
# text = Fr, when did it get a bit less dark in the winter?
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Fr | Fr |  |  |  | dark *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Around noon for an hour each day in the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:t9:o1:1
# text = Around noon for an hour each day in the winter
1	Around	around	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Around noon for an hour, then dark again all afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:t9:o2:1
# text = Around noon for an hour, then dark again all afternoon
1	Around	around	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Around noon for a while

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:t9:o3:1
# text = Around noon for a while
1	Around	around	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Around noon for an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:t9:o4:1
# text = Around noon for an hour
1	Around	around	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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