--- title: ★★★ Koa got a new bike at 9 and gave it to Ollie-Joe 5 years later.… — Big brothers · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Koa got a new bike at 9 and gave it to Ollie-Joe 5 years later. Ollie-Joe is 5 years younger than Koa. How old is Ollie-Joe when he gets it? 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How old is Ollie-Joe when he gets it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, Ollie, old Ollie Joe · **What happens:** get, give, be · **To what, where:** new bike, 9, bike, Ollie, old Ollie Joe This is test 9 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» 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/501-big-brothers/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Koa got a new bike at 9 and gave it to Ollie-Joe 5 years later. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t9:1 # text = ★★★ Koa got a new bike at 9 and gave it to Ollie-Joe 5 years later. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Koa Koa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Joe Joe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 18 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | ★ ★ ★ Koa | a new bike | | 9 | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent bike=Theme at 9=Asset | | 2 | **give** | past | ★ ★ ★ Koa *not said here* | bike | Ollie and Joe | | | late *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to ollie=Recipient | 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:* Ollie-Joe is 5 years younger than Koa. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t9:2 # text = Ollie-Joe is 5 years younger than Koa. 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Joe Joe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Koa Koa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ollie | | | | year | than Koa; young *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* How old is Ollie-Joe when he gets it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t9:3 # text = How old is Ollie-Joe when he gets it? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Joe Joe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | old Ollie Joe | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | present | old Ollie Joe | bike | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 5 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t9:o1:1 # text = 5 1 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 4 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t9:o2:1 # text = 4 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 14 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t9:o3:1 # text = 14 1 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 9 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t9:o4:1 # text = 9 1 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 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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