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title: ★★★ Ngaio's family plays cards for 30 minutes every night. Her mate'… — The only child: all the attention and… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Ngaio's family plays cards for 30 minutes every night. Her mate's family has 6 kids and the parents have 30 minutes a night to share equally among them. How many minutes a week does each of her mate's siblings get? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 499 «The only child: all the attention and wanting a siblin
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# Test 8 · ★★ · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling

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★★★ Ngaio's family plays cards for 30 minutes every night. Her mate's family has 6 kids and the parents have 30 minutes a night to share equally among them. How many minutes a week does each of her mate's siblings get?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, family, parents, each · **What happens:** play, have, share, get · **To what, where:** cards, 6 kids

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 499 «The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling» 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/499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Ngaio's family plays cards for 30 minutes every night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t8:1
# text = ★★★ Ngaio's family plays cards for 30 minutes every night.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Ngaio	Ngaio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | ★ ★ ★ Ngaio's family | cards |  |  | minute; night |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme |

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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:* Her mate's family has 6 kids and the parents have 30 minutes a night to share equally among them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t8:2
# text = Her mate's family has 6 kids and the parents have 30 minutes a night to share equally among them.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
18	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	among	among	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | ★'s mate's family | 6 kids |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | the parents |  |  |  | minute; night |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **share** | to-infinitive | the parents *not said here* |  |  |  |  | among parents *= parent*; equally *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* How many minutes a week does each of her mate's siblings get?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t8:3
# text = How many minutes a week does each of her mate's siblings get?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t8:o1:1
# text = 5
1	5	5	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 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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35

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t8:o2:1
# text = 35
1	35	35	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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30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t8:o3:1
# text = 30
1	30	30	NUM	CD	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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210

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t8:o4:1
# text = 210
1	210	210	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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