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title: Rosa's dad says «hola» on Friday at 6, and the next thing he says to… — Cold parents: always on the phone · tree and pragmatics
description: Rosa's dad says «hola» on Friday at 6, and the next thing he says to her is «adiós» on Sunday at 6. How long is that with almost no talk? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 495 «Cold parents: always on the phone» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Cold parents: always on the phone

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Rosa's dad says «hola» on Friday at 6, and the next thing he says to her is «adiós» on Sunday at 6. How long is that with almost no talk?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, next thing · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** next thing, Rosa, adiós, 6 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 495 «Cold parents: always on the phone» of the everyday 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/everyday/495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Rosa's dad says «hola» on Friday at 6, and the next thing he says to her is «adiós» on Sunday at 6.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t9:1
# text = Rosa's dad says «hola» on Friday at 6, and the next thing he says to her is «adiós» on Sunday at 6.
1	Rosa	Rosa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	hola	hola	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	adiós	adió	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	at	at	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Rosa's dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | dad | the next thing *not said here* | Rosa |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Topic to she=Recipient |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the next thing | adiós |  | 6 | sunday |  | 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:* How long is that with almost no talk?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t9:2
# text = How long is that with almost no talk?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with no talk; almost, long *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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12 hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t9:o1:1
# text = 12 hours
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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48 hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t9:o2:1
# text = 48 hours
1	48	48	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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24 hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t9:o3:1
# text = 24 hours
1	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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36 hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t9:o4:1
# text = 36 hours
1	36	36	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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