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title: ★★★ It is a little past ten at night. If dawn comes at about four, r… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ It is a little past ten at night. If dawn comes at about four, roughly how many hours of night are left for the search? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Test 16 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

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★★★ It is a little past ten at night. If dawn comes at about four, roughly how many hours of night are left for the search?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, dawn · **What happens:** be, come, leave · **To what, where:** little past ten, four, many hours

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» 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/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ It is a little past ten at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t16:1
# text = ★★★ It is a little past ten at night.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | ★ ★ It | a little past ten |  |  | night |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* If dawn comes at about four, roughly how many hours of night are left for the search?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t16:2
# text = If dawn comes at about four, roughly how many hours of night are left for the search?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | dawn |  |  | four |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at four=Location |
| 2 | **leave** | present · passive |  | many hours of night |  |  |  | for the search | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for search=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Roughly seven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t16:o1:1
# text = Roughly seven
1	Roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t16:o2:1
# text = Four
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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About eight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t16:o3:1
# text = About eight
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	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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About six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t16:o4:1
# text = About six
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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