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How long is she alone on a Friday? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, Dad, ★ · **What happens:** get in, be · **To what, where:** 3:45, 10 minutes, Friday This is test 9 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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/498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Esme gets in at 3:45, Dad at 4. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t9:1 # text = ★★★ Esme gets in at 3:45, Dad at 4. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Esme Esme PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 3:45 3:45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get in** | present | ★ ★ ★ | | | 3:45 | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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. *Sentence 2:* On Fridays Dad is 10 minutes late. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t9:2 # text = On Fridays Dad is 10 minutes late. 1 On on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Fridays Friday PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Dad | 10 minutes | | | | late *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* How long is she alone on a Friday? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t9:3 # text = How long is she alone on a Friday? 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 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 alone alone ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | ★ | | | a Friday | | alone, long *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} 25 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t9:o1:1 # text = 25 minutes 1 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 10 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t9:o2:1 # text = 10 minutes 1 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 15 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t9:o3:1 # text = 15 minutes 1 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 35 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t9:o4:1 # text = 35 minutes 1 35 35 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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