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title: ★★★ Carys is alone each evening from 7 pm, when Mum falls asleep, un… — Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Carys is alone each evening from 7 pm, when Mum falls asleep, until 9 pm, when Carys goes to bed. Mum works 5 nights a week, and only on those nights does she fall asleep at 7. How many hours a week is Carys on her own in the evening? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 497 «Tired, sad or drinking parents: tel
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# Test 9 · ★ · Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult

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★★★ Carys is alone each evening from 7 pm, when Mum falls asleep, until 9 pm, when Carys goes to bed. Mum works 5 nights a week, and only on those nights does she fall asleep at 7. How many hours a week is Carys on her own in the evening?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, Mum, Carys, nights, many hours · **What happens:** be, fall, go, work · **To what, where:** bed, 7

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 497 «Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult» 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/497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Carys is alone each evening from 7 pm, when Mum falls asleep, until 9 pm, when Carys goes to bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t9:1
# text = ★★★ Carys is alone each evening from 7 pm, when Mum falls asleep, until 9 pm, when Carys goes to bed.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	Carys	Carys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
14	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	until	until	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	obl	_	_
20	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	24	mark	_	_
23	Carys	Carys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | ★ |  |  |  | evening | alone *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | present | Mum |  |  |  | until 9  pm | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | present | Carys |  |  | bed |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location |

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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:* Mum works 5 nights a week, and only on those nights does she fall asleep at 7.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t9:2
# text = Mum works 5 nights a week, and only on those nights does she fall asleep at 7.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
16	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Mum |  |  |  | night; week |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall** | present · do-support | that nights |  |  | 7 |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at 7=Location |

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*Sentence 3:* How many hours a week is Carys on her own in the evening?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t9:3
# text = How many hours a week is Carys on her own in the evening?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	Carys	Carys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | many hours  a week |  |  |  | evening | own *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t9:o1:1
# text = 10
1	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|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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7

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t9:o2:1
# text = 7
1	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|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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2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t9:o3:1
# text = 2
1	2	2	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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14

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t9:o4:1
# text = 14
1	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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